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[ { "content": "Article: Adult color1ing books have been in circulation for a few years now, and actually the first adult color1ing book was published in 1960, however, during the past year they've really taken the world by storm. Many adults can benefit and enjoy these popular color1ing books, particularly today's busy parents. Here are some fun and calming reasons you might want to purchase one or two of your own. As parents, we tend to get caught up in the daily routine of getting our families hurriedly out the door for school and work each day--only to fall into bed exhausted and then get up and do it all over again the next day. We may not have much time to devote to a hobby, but if you grab yourself an adult color1ing book, you can get your creative juices flowing in a matter of minutes. Parenting is wonderful but it's also full of daily stress that naturally go along with the job. Whether it be at the end of a busy day or you have a few free minutes while the baby naps, picking up a box of freshly, sharpened color1ed pencils and your favorite color1ing book can take your mind off your \"to do\" list and transport you to a whole other world--one where you can be free to just enjoy the rainbow and simply embrace a little unwinding time. Whether you choose to delight in color1ed pencils or an old-fashioned box of crayons, all you'll need to grab is either one and your favorite color1ing book. So if you're in the car while your son's finishing up soccer practice, or in the reception area waiting to have your teeth cleaned, your color1ing supplies are a breeze to take along and help you pass the time in a color1ful way. Another benefit to taking up color1ing is that it can also become a family affair. Sitting together with your kids and color1ing is a great way to spend some quality time together, regardless of whether or not you stay within the lines! Question: People like to purchase color1ing books because _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"it can relieve their pressure and get them relaxed\"?\nYes\n\n\nArticle: A businesswoman, a mother of four, an international fashion icon , a woman committed to making the world a better place for women and children--Queen Rania of Jordan is truly changing the world. Rania was bom in Kuwait, in 1970.Shortly after Iraq invaded that country in 1990, her family fled and settled in Jordan.After graduating from a business school, Rania became successful in the business world. When she was just 22, she went to a dinner party that changed her life forever.It was there that she met Jordan' s Prince Abdullah.Six months later, Rania and Abdullah had a royal wedding and started a family. After the death of her father - in - law, King Hussein, in 1999, Prince Abdullah was crowned King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Rania became the world' s youngest living queen. In her role as Queen, Rania has become well known around the world for her charity work and her efforts to improve educational opportunities for girls.She is an outspoken advocate of women' s rights, education reform, and child abuse.She is also well - known for her efforts to remove Western stereotypes about the Muslim world. Rania explains that there is a direct relationship between increasing education and eliminating poverty.\" You can change the course of a nation through education,\" she says.\" One of the most important things you can do for a girl is empower her with her education.Once she has the education she can then have control over her income, she can change her life, she can have choices.\" In the future, Rania says, she hopes for a more open and secure world.\"We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think,' Well, that' s their problem.' But it' s not,\" she says.\" When you solve somebody else' s problem, you are solving a problem for yourself, because our world today is so interconnected.\" Question: Rania and her family moved to Jordan because _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"the war broke out between Kuwait and Iraq\"?\nNo\n\n\nQ: Article: Early in the 16thcentury men were trying to reach Asia by travelling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South Africa. The man who finally found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after spending the severe winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called Magellan Straits. In November 1520, after many months of dangers from rocks and storms, the three remaining ships entered the ocean on the other side of South America. They then continued, hoping to reach Asia. But they didn't see any land until they reached the islands off the coast of Asia. Before they arrived at these islands, later known as Philippines, men were dying of starvation. While they were in the Philippines., Magellan was killed in battle. The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail around Africa. After many difficulties, one ship with eighteen men sailed into Seville after leaving. They were all that remained of Magellan's expedition . Question: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text? Yes or no, is the answer \"Lack of fresh food and water\"?\nA: Yes\n\n\nArticle: South Korean Films An audience can view five new South Korean films, all with Chinese subtitles until April 19 at the Tuixin Cinema in the Beijing National Library grounds. Two other South Korean films completed their full runs at the Tuixin Cinema earlier this month. Location: Tuixin Cinema, Beijing National Library, 39 Baishiqiao Road, Haidian District. Tel: 86415566 \"My Love My Bride\" April 15: 9:00, 13:00, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30 \"Kim's War\" April 16: 9:00, 13:30, 18:15 \"Because You Are a Woman\" April 17: 13:30, 18:15 Marriage Story\" April 18: 9:00, 13:30, 15:30, 18:15 \"Sopyonje\" April 19: 9:00, 13:30, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30 Leon's show Hong Kong pop star--Leon Lai will give a personal performance at 7:30pm from tomorrow through to September 21 at the Shanghai Gymnasium. The show is to celebrate the opening of the 93rd Huangpu Tourism Festival. Tickets: 60, 90, 120, 180 yuan RMB, available at 66 Jiangning Road. Tel: 29189188, 29171145, 49384952, 29197113 Russian concert The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra will put on some excellent Russian Orchestra works at 7:15pm on September 26 and 27 at the Shanghai Concert Hall. They will sing Russian folk songs and mass under a Russian Conductor who is very famous for conducting choirs and has given a successful choral concert in Beijing. Tickets: 6, 8, 10, 12 yuan RMB, available at the hall's ticket office. Address: 523 Yan'an Road W. Shanghai. Tel: 32275694. Korean songs The Song and Dance Troupe of North Korea will give a song and dance show at 7:30pm tonight at the Shanghai Center Theater. Tickets: 10, 20, 30 yuan RMB, available at the theater's ticket office. Address: 1376 Nanjing Road W. Shanghai. Tel: 29798663 Question: The address of the Shanghai Center Theater is _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"1376 Nanjing Road W\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: In March 2014, Australia opened junior high education to Chinese students, allowing them to study in Australian schools from the seventh grade. \"When more Chinese students are going to study abroad at a younger age, the opening of Australian junior high schools offers Chinese students and their parents one more good choice,\" Tian Litie, director of the Australian Department of Chivast Education International, said at the China International Education Exhibition Tour over the weekend. Australia will see a rise in the number of Chinese junior and senior high school students studying in the country. Tian showed the reasons for it: lower admission requirements and low-cost education because of a favorable exchange rate . According to Tian, in public schools in Australia a student should pay A$13,000 to A$15,000 ($10,000 to $12,000) a year. \"Now the exchange rate of the Australian dollar to renminbi is below five, which means the cost is lower than that of Chinese students studying at junior and senior high schools in many other hot places, such as Britain and the US,\" said Tian. Lin Lina from Beijing plans to send her daughter to a senior high school in Australia, was among them. \"My daughter is good at English and would like to study abroad early,\" said Lin, whose daughter is now a ninth-grader in Beijing. \"We came for more information after we learned that the environment and education in Australia are good.\" Eliza Chui, education officer for North Asia at the Australian Consulate-General in Shanghai, said that Australia is attractive not only because it provides an environment for learning English, but also because students are trained to have critical thinking and be independent. Question: According to the article, which of the following is TRUE? - The cost of studying in American schools is lower than in Australia. - The exchange rate of the Australian dollar is of advantage to Chinese students. - It's more difficult for Chinese students to enter Australian junior high schools. - Few students choose to study in Britain or the US because of too much money.\nThe exchange rate of the Australian dollar is of advantage to Chinese students.\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: The winter vacation is coming. I don't want to spend more time playing. I decide to work to make money for the next term. But I don't know what work I can do. Now, my mother is writing a book. She is busy and tired. I want to type for her for pay. When I tell her, she is very happy. She agrees to pay me 5 yuan for 1,000 words. But she asks me to do it carefully. It is a hard job for me. I type so slowly that I can type only 800 words a day. But I don't want to give up. I will keep typing all day long. I think I can type faster and faster. I plan to finish the work in two weeks. Then, I will do my winter homework. I begin to know how hard it is to make money. And I really know the meaning of \"Where there's a will, there's a way.\" Question: How long may it take the writer to do the work? - About two weeks. - About a day. - Less than one week. - The whole vacation.\n(Answer)\nAbout two weeks.\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: \"Ordinary\" was the worst word my mother could find for anything. Whenever she took me out for shopping, I found she wouldn't take any notice of the shop assistants when they suggested that some dresses were popular. She would say, \"We're not interested in that. Haven't you got anything a little unusual?\" And then the assistants would bring out all the strange colours no one else would buy. And later she and I would argue because I wanted to be ordinary but my mother wanted to be unusual. \"I can't stand that hairdo ,\" she said to me when I was in a boy hairstyle, \" _ 's so terribly ordinary... Not ugly, not unsuitable. But ordinary ...\" \"Couldn't you please wear something else?\" I asked one day when she was dressing for Parents' Day in tight trousers and a bright pink sweater. \"What't wrong with it!\" \"It's just that I wish you'd wear something ordinary.\" I said, \"People won't laugh at.\" She looked at me angrily, \"Are you ashamed of your mother? If you are, Mary, I feel sorry for you.\" Question: Why did Mary ask her mother to change her clothes on Parents' Day? - Because her mother's clothes were out of style. - Because she didn't like a pink sweater at all. - Because she didn't like her mother to dress that way. - Because she didn't want others to look at her mother.\nAns: Because she didn't like her mother to dress that way.\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Little James likes sports, so he is tall and strong in his middle school. He likes playing soccer very much, he thinks it's interesting. His grandma lives in a village . One day, she comes to school and sees him. Grandma doesn't find the boy in the classroom, so she goes to look for him in the school. She finds James and some boys play with only one ball. Grandma says to him:\"Don't play with them, I can buy a ball for you.\" Question: Little James likes playing _ . - baseball - soccer - tennis - volleyball\n(A).\nsoccer\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: When you are next in Hawaii,be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel.Whether you come on business or on holiday,you will find everything as comfortable and as convenient as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.Every bedroom has its own private bathroom,telephone,wall-to-wall carpeting and colorful,modern materials and furniture in the local style. In the Mitsui Restaurant,you can choose your meals from as wide a variety of dishes,both Eastern and European,as you will find anywhere in the country.In the Beach Bar,you can drink with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort,to the music of internationally known musicians.Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name,or to the tables that surround the swimming pool.Throughout the hotel,you will find the service is both friendly and efficient. The Garden Hotel is right on the beach,only five minutes' walk from Hawaii's modern shopping center.Here you will find all that money can buy,at prices you can afford. Question: Every bedroom at the Garden I Hotel has _ . - a colorful,local style telephone - a bathroom with a carpet from wall to wall - furniture in the local style - comfortable and modern furniture\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "furniture in the local style", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Time out, extra chores and taking away privileges are more useful forms of disciplining naughty children than spanking or hitting, according to a study on Wednesday. About 94 percent of parents use some form of physical punishment to teach their two-year-olds right from wrong, according to research studies. But psychologists say it could lead to later emotional and behavioral problems. Even children who were only spanked some of time are more likely to show signs of sadness or have less confidence. \"The key is to be fair and do the same thing each time. Doing something like hitting a child that seems cruel at best doesn't help and can put a child at risk for problems,\" said Dr Paul Frick, of theprefix = st1 /UniversityofNew Orleansin Louisians. \"It is better to use other punishments,\" he added. The use of physical punishment to teach children has long been debated. In countries such asAustria,Finland,GermanyandSweden, it is illegal to use physical punishment at home or in schools. Frick and his team, who studied the effects of physical punishment on 98 children, said they couldn't find any positive effects. Some children learned more from the hitting than what the parent was trying to teach them. \"The key is to have a lot of different forms of punishment depending on the age of the child,\" said Frick, who reported his findings in the Journal of Applied Child Psychology. He recommended time out for younger children and taking away television and electronic toys for older children. Giving extra chores can also get the message across. Other measures are at least as effective as physical punishment and have less harmful potential consequences. The researchers kept children whom they thought were at risk of later conduct problems out of the test and an equal number of other children who acted as a control group, to study what measures would be most helpful. They questioned the parents and the children about positive and negative parenting behavior including the use of physical... Question: What should be kept in mind when disciplining a kid? Answer:\n\nA: Be fair and stick to the same principle.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: The largest known outbreak of the lethal Ebola virus in West Africa is prompting authorities as far away as Asia to take preventive measures, although scientists say a global spread of the disease is unlikely. At South Korea's Incheon International airport, a major hub for air travel in Asia, quarantine inspections of arriving passengers are being enhanced. Authorities say all passengers are being recorded by an infrared camera to detect fevers because Ebola is becoming a big concern. The incubation period of the Ebola virus is between two and 21 days, during which time an infected person might not show any signs of infection. In Hong Kong, the Center for Health Protection says public hospitals will begin to report and test all those who developed fever who, within the past 21 days, traveled to the three affected African countries. Singapore's health ministry is urging the public there \"not to be alarmed.\" It has issued a statement deeming Ebola to pose \"a low public health risk to Singapore,\" in part because \"there is low travel connectivity to West Africa where the current outbreak remains limited to.\" Some airlines have suspended flights into the affected region. But health authorities say there is little risk of passengers contracting the virus on a flight from an infected person.Dr. Day, a tropical medicine researcher, explains Ebola is only spread through direct contact with blood, saliva and other bodily fluids. Since March, there have been more than 1,200 confirmed Ebola cases in West Africa. This is believed to be a new strain of the virus and nearly 700 of those infected in this worst-known outbreak have died.There is no known cure for Ebola. It was first recognized in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1976. There is no approved vaccine, but at least four are under development. Question: What is the author's purpose of writing the text? Answer:\n\nA: To make people aware of the severity of the virus\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: I have never understood why so many people visit Rome from late spring to early autumn, when traffic, heat and stressed shopkeepers and waiters lead to the lower tone of the city. Things improve a little in March, April, October and November. But connoisseurs know that winter is the best time to go there. In winter, the low-flying sun turns Rome into a wonderful stage set. There are days in winter when the sky is kind of blue. And there are also days when you find that you have beautiful sights all to yourself. Perhaps the only period you might want to avoid is the two weeks before Christmas. Italians often leave their shopping late, and traffic in the city is often heavy. But this can also be a good time to come if you are more interested in culture than in fashion shops; if you stay somewhere central, you can beat the traffic by walking everywhere. Christmas in Rome is a low-key family event. One of the nice things is the way the city keeps going. Although museums and shops are closed, many bars and restaurants stay open, and public transport continues to run. If you are lucky with the weather, it's in January and February that Rome is at its best. Late February can be especially attractive. One sometimes forgets what a difference that extra hour of daylight makes compared with mid-December. And there are always a few days of proper sunshine, when you can picnic in Villa Borghese and Pompeii. Question: We know that during the two weeks before Christmas, _ . Answer:\n\nA: travelers in Italy can enjoy Italian culture\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: A lot of people are afraid of spiders . One would even avoid walking in grass . And if he thought the spider was in the room or house, he would have to leave the house for days. In fact, fear of spiders is a type of disorder called specific phobia , one of the most common anxiety disorders, which annoys about 7% of the population, a study says. Common specific phobias also include fear of blood, needles, snakes, flying and enclosed spaces. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine tried the \"exposure Therapy \", which was small, done on 12 adults, but all of them held or petted the spider afterward. One participant celebrated by getting a spider tattoo after having been unable to even look at photos of spiders. This is the first study to document the immediate and long-term brain changes after treatment and to illustrate how the brain recognizes long-term to reduce fear as a result of the therapy. Every one would come in thinking: I am going to be the one who can't do this . There is no way ,\"Haunter ,author of the study ,says \"They were impressed by the end.\" In therapy lasting two or three hours, which is different for each person, the participants were taught that troublesome thoughts about spiders were untrue.\" \"They thought the spiders might be capable of jumping out of the cage and on to them,\" Hauner says. Exposure therapy gets its name from exposing a patient to what he fears, says Todd, research assistant professor: \"A lot of it about dispelling people's beliefs. You can get significant changes in a short period of time\". Question: According to Hauner , _ . Answer:\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "each participant doubted the therapy at first.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature. David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized, population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet. The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on. And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now. Mr. Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, \"a trilemma\": a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind. Question: David Tilman believes that _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- diet, the environment and human health are closely connected\n- the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes\n- people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease\n- traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet\ndiet, the environment and human health are closely connected\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Silvia Garcia,a black woman.applied for a job at a small company.One question on the application form was\"Who else lives at your home address?\"Ms.Garcia did not answer this question.She left the space blank. The boss,Jeff Erler, was a very religious man.He had started the company himself and felt that his employees were like his family.Mr Erler interviewed Ms.Garcia personally,He noticed that she had marked\"single\" on her application and he was surprised that she was not married at her age.When he mentioned this to her, she just laughed and did not answer.He decided that she was a very nice woman.He also needed to hire members of minorities,so he hired her. Ms.Garcia did very well in the company.In a few months she got a rise and was happy with the additional money.However, seven months after Mr.Erler hired her, he overheard a conversation in the dining hall.Two other workers were talking about her and \"the guy she's living with.\" Mr Erler called Ms.Garcia into his office that afternoon.He questioned her about her living situation and she admitted that she was living with her boyfriend.Mr Erler told her that he was very sorry, but he did not want immoral people to work in his company.At first,she could not believe that Mr.Erler was serious.She told him that he had no right to call her immoral because she was living with her boyfriend.She said that as long as she was a good worker, her personal life was her own business and that he could not make judgments about it.However, Mr.Erler fired Ms. Garcia. Question: The main reason for Ms.Garcia's being out of work is _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- her nationality\n- her race\n- her poor working relations\n- her way of life\n\nAnswer: her way of life\n\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Dear Michelle, My Dad hates my Mom. He tells me that she is a liar and that I should not trust her. Of course, they are divorced but they have \"joint custody\" . What a joke! I am 15, my brother is nine, and we have a life of hell, frankly. We live one week on and one week off. This was the brilliant idea of both of my parents, which was fair to them but ruining my life. I cannot get away from his voice and his putting my mom down. Sometimes I think about running away. A Hopeless Ant Dear Hopeless Ant, First, thank you for trusting me with your problem. If all you said is correct, then there are several things that you can and should do to help yourself, your brother, and oddly enough, your parents. You need a family counselor. Such a person could listen to each family member alone and then meet together to talk about the situation. If refused, you need to talk to a counselor in your school. You need to be heard, and you need an adult who will listen. A school counselor can organize a meeting with your parents. Perhaps you need to write to your mother. Writing things down allows people to go over it more than one time. I cannot imagine that she will stand passively by and do nothing at all to help once she reads how you feel. Your father needs a letter as well. He may not realize the destructive effect that it has on his children. Lastly, have a plan in mind when all else fails that is not self-destructive. Life passes very quickly, sweetheart, and you will grow up and have your own life. Until then, you need to keep yourself safe. Never doubt that it will get better. Write back and let me know how everything is going. Michelle Question: According to the text, which of the following is the Hopeless Ant in need of at present? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Keep himself/herself away from danger.\n- Have a talk with his/her parents.\n- Have his/her own family plan.\n- Write letters to families.\nAnswer: Keep himself/herself away from danger.\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Krakatau volcano is in a small island in Indonesia. It had been peaceful for about 200 years before it erupted in 1883. The first signs of the activity of the volcano appeared in May 1883, when fire and smoke could be seen at the top of the mountain. Great noise could be heard even in Jakarta a hundred miles away. Later the activity grew much greater. The peak was covered with smoke and fire; the smoke at one time was seventeen miles high in the air. The lava--soft and hot rock--shot up into the air and rolled down the sides of the mountain. The mouth of the volcano was not at the peak of the mountain but on its side, close to the sea. As it grew bigger and bigger with the eruption, the sea water got into it. When the sea water reached the lava inside the volcano, it made the upper part of the lava colder and harder. And this sealed off the rest of the lava below. As the inside of the lava could not break through the seal, the pressure built up until the mountain blew up. The eruption of the volcano was followed by several earthquakes which brought about bad result. About 36000 people were killed and many towns and villages near the sea were completely destroyed by the great waves which the earthquake caused. Question: Where is the mouth of a volcano? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- At the peak of the mountain.\n- On the side of the mountain near the sea.\n- At the foot of the mountain.\n- In side the mountain.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "On the side of the mountain near the sea.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: My name is Linda. I'm a girl. I live in Canada .I have two big eyes. My eyes are green. I have long, red hair. I am 1.6 meters tall. I have long arms and long legs. I like black .Black is my favourite colour. I have a friend in China. Her name is Lin Na. She has two big eyes ,too. But her eyes are black. Lin Na is short. She is only 1.5 meters tall. She has long hair, too. But her hair is black. She likes yellow. She has many yellow clothes. Yellow is her favourite colour. Lin Na an d I look different, but we are good friends . Options: A black B blue C green D yellow Answer: C green Question:\nA: Lin Na has black eyes, but Linda has _ eyes.\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Colors play an important role in our world. They have different meanings to people of different cultures. Here are some colors and what they _ to various people of the world. Red is the favorite color of brides in Vietnam. In this country, red represents fortune, success, and good luck. In China red is a symbol of luck and is used for many celebrations such as weddings and the beginning of the new year. In India red is a symbol of purity and commitment, and it is used in wedding clothing. In the United States red represents love and is used during Christmas and Valentine's Day. Red also represents speed and power in the west, which is why it is a popular color for race cars and toy rockets. In Paris, all garbage collectors are clothed in green. They drive green trucks and dispose of waste in green bins. In many parts of the world, green has become a symbol of kindness to the earth. In Ireland, green symbolizes Catholicism, and in India it is the color of Islam. Yellow is the color that symbolizes the sun. Yellow can make people feel happy and excited, but at the same time can make people feel angrier or more frustrated. In the United States, school buses and taxicabs are often yellow, because you can see this color ruore easily. In Japan, yellow is the color of bravery. To the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Koreans, white symbolizes death. To people of India and in the west white is a color of purity. ,. Options: A Red symbolizes the sun in most countries. B In the USA,school bus and taxis are often yellow. C In Ireland,all garbage collectos were green clothes. D Tothe Koreans,white is a color of purity. Answer: B In the USA,school bus and taxis are often yellow. Question:\nAnswer: Which of the flowing is true?\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: One evening Tim is driving his car in the country and looking for a hotel. Then he sees an old man on the side of the road, so he stops his car and says to the old man, \"Where is Sun Hotel? Will you please tell me how to get there?\" \"Yes,\" the old man answers. \"I'll show you the way.\" He gets into Tim's car, and they drive for about 12 kilometres. When they come to a small house, the old man says, \"Stop here.\" Tim stops and looks at the house. And he says to the old man, \"But this isn't a hotel.\" \"No,\" the old man answers. \"This is my house. And now I'll show you the way to Sun Hotel. Turn back and go 9 kilometres. Then you'll see the hotel on your left. \" Options: A twelve B eighteen C twenty-one D twenty-four Answer: B eighteen Question:\n****\n[A]: At last, Tim drives _ kilometres more to Sun Hotel.\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Mr. and Mrs. Green lived in a big city, and one summer they went to the country for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet, clean place. One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting in the warm sun in front of his house. Mr. Green asked him, \"Do you like to live in this quiet place?\" The old man said, \"Yes, I do,\" Mr. Green said, \"What are the good things about it?\" The old man answered, \"Well, the people here know each other. They often come and visit me, and I often go and visit them. And there are also lots of children here.\" Mr. Green said, \"That's interesting. And what are the bad things?\" The old man thought and thought and then said, \"Well, the same things, are they?\" Options: A liked B like C lived D live Answer: A liked Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: Mr. and Mrs. Green _ the country very much, because it was a quiet clean place.\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Hello, I'm Kan. I like different kinds of food. I like hamburgers, ice cream, salad and orange juice. For breakfast, I often have some milk and hamburgers. I don't like dessert. My favorite football star, Ronaldo eats lots of healthy food. He likes eggs and vegetables for breakfast. For lunch, he eats hamburgers, potatoes, chicken, oranges and apple juice. For dinner, he likes meat and French fries. He doesn't have dessert. \" I like football better.\" He says. Options: A milk and hamburgers B ice cream and salad C vegetables D chicken Answer: A milk and hamburgers Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: Kan eats _ for breakfast.\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Some friends invite you over and serve you a delicious dinner. Someone lends you his car while there's something wrong with yours. You are sick, and a friend brings you a meal and cares for you. How do you show your gratitude ? Sometimes simply saying thank you is enough. At other times, it is thoughtful to say thank you in a more different way. Be sure to tell that person what you are grateful for and why you are grateful. Here are some common ways to say thank you. You can write a thank-you note. People are very busy these days. A handwritten note shows you took the time to tell someone you are grateful to him or her. Or you can call and thank the person. You would be surprised how this can _ . Another idea is to send a thank-you e- mail. This is not quite as personal, but it still shows your gratitude. There are many other ways to say thank you. To say thank you in a creative way, you can: Select some flowers from a shop. Write a thank-you note. Give the person a basket of fresh fruit or a homemade treat. Invite a friend to a movie, meal, snack or coffee. Give a gift card for a bookstore or a restaurant. That way the person can pick out a favourite book or eat out. Find out what the person likes and give something related to that. To say a big thank you to someone, have a party for that person. As you can see, there are many ways to say thank you. Think of some ways of your own. You will feel good trying one of the ideas, and the person being thanked will feel good too. It's a win-win situation ! Options: A Hold a party for the person. B Invite the person to a movie. C Send the person a thank-you e-mail. D Give the person lots of money. Answer: D Give the person lots of money. Question:\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Which of the following ways to say thank you is NOT talked about in the passage?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Brighton: It is a seaside resort on the English Channel. Only 50 miles from London, it offers a good variety of lively entertainment. It is a cheerful place, busy and crowded in the summer, but alive in every season of the year. Its royal pavilion is a masterpiece of English architecture. Durham: Whatever travelers see or don't see in England, they must see this city, in the northeast, just south of NewcastleuponTyne. No one will forget the sight of its cathedral and castle rising together on a steep hill overlooking a loop in the River Wear, which almost surrounds them. The cathedral itself is one of the great medieval(,476~1500)buildings in Europe. Liverpool: A port in the northwest of England which possesses a quality that is not found in quite the same way anywhere else in England: the quality of grandeur . Liverpool has this grandeur in its site on the broad River Mersey (more than half a mile wide) with the houses rising near it; in its great dock buildings, its broad streets, and its two enormous cathedrals. Edinburgh: It has long been the capital of Scotland. Edinburgh Castle is Edinburgh's important building, controlling the city from its perch on a rock over a hundred meters above sea level. Another important building is the Palace of Holyrood House, begun by James III around 1500. Between the castle and the palace is the Royal Mile, which was the center of Edinburgh life before the 17th century and is fascinating to visit now. Question: This article can be found in _ . - a travel magazine - a daily newspaper - a chapter of science fiction - a column in the financial press\na travel magazine\n\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Is early childhood education really necessary ? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child's physical , sensory , communicational and social development . Early childhood education has become a concern of the government , who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergarten . There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education . Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school , and even in life. Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school , less likely to end up in Special Education classes , and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail (prison) . There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early . Time Magazine Online explains that \" the younger the child is , the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work .\" I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school . Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school , the better off he or she is , so they push to start children earlier . Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years , studies also show that this head start is really a \" false start\" , as the gains are lost in middle and high school years. It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life's success than early education . Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children. Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap . Question: According to the studies , _ . - children with good early education may have a rich life - the orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life - children without early education can do well at school - Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children\nHead Start programs are helpful to the poor children\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hoorah!I have escaped the Czech Republic! I am now wearing light clothing and sunglasses, although the _ today,as it is cool and overcast with cloud and it has rained slightly. The city of Qatar is flat and sandy with few trees -- mostly palms. You can see construction everywhere, new streets with hotels and apartment blocks in prefix = st1 /Venicetheme. It's a mix of super modern and traditional building styles. Everything looks new including the vehicles. There are many huge roundabouts; no traffic rules or at least no one obeys any. The huge 4-storey shopping mall in fantastic style has an ice rink on the ground floor. Thousands of people walk round the waterfront after dark. Qataris are very religious and there are calls to prayers regularly. Qatari men are dressed in all sorts of traditional clothing plus western dresses. You can easily find imported labour from South Asian countries, poorly paid and discriminated against. I am told that Qataris don't hide their racist attitudes. Women are always wonderful sights. Some are in all sorts of black clothing with face uncovered; some totally enveloped; lots wearing western dresses. Best sight so far: a woman in a mall completely wrapped in black including gloves, not even an eye shown -- wearing glasses on the outside of her veil , using a cell phone while fingering a dress. I am living with my employers -- a New Zealandcouple, and another teacher namedWayne, all about my age. We share one apartment. I have a large room with a bathroom attached: it is a little run-down but very comfortable. The only rather annoying thing is that I have to use the laptop on my bed as there is no desk and chair in here. As soon as it is clear that I will be staying I will make a change to all this. I haven't lived with other people for many years and have been used to living alone so it will be interesting to see how this works. Question: It is true that the author is _ . - pleased with her present living condition - missing her days in theCzechRepublic - not certain how long she will be staying - worried about her relation with her boss\nA: not certain how long she will be staying\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: When early colonial settlers went to America, they took many forms of dance to _ . Square dancing, one of the oldest forms of American folk dancing, developed from several different Old World group dances, mainly English country dances, and the French quadrille . In the American version of square dancing, four couples form a square and dance to music. An American addition to square dancing is the caller. What do you think a caller does? The callers---someone who calls out the dance steps in time to the music--- was a completely American invention. At first dancers memorized all the steps for a particular dance, but eventually the dances became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone call out cues so that dancers didn't have to remember so many steps. The caller didn't just call out \"do-se-do your partner\"; a good caller also came up with colorful sayings or witty lines that he said in between the cues such as \"Don't be shy and don't be afraid. Swing on the corner in a waltz promenade .\" A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines. Although popular for years, square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s, when Henry Ford helped revive interest in it. Ford, the automobile manufacturer, used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts, where he enjoyed the dance programme run by a man named Benjamin Lovett. Ford asked Lovett to come to Detroit and teach dances, but Lovett said he couldn't because he had a contract with the inn. Ford solved that problem by buying the inn and Lovett's contract. He took Lovett back to Detroit, where together they established a programme for teaching squares and rounds. Square dancing was updated and groups began forming all over the country. Question: Why did the caller call out the steps for the dancers? - Because the dance was invented by the caller. - Because the dancers didn't know the names of the steps. - Because the steps were very particular. - Because it was hard for the dancers to remember all the steps.\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Because it was hard for the dancers to remember all the steps.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Article: 66-year-old Dai once worked as a boat tracker along the Yangtze River. \"It was something that required brute strength,but not that alone, \"Dai said at his home in Xialong village, which sits at the entrance to Wuxia Gorge, one of the famous Three Gorges in Southwest China. \"You needed a lot of skills to do what we did.\" When outboard motors became available in the 1980's,boat trackers became a thing of the past. Today, they are seen only occasionally along the river during festivals and cultural events. However, Dai can still remember a time when being pulled by tracker along the Yangtze was the only way for people to travel from village to village in the mountainous Wushan county. Due to the area's rich mining resources,his services were vital for companies that wanted to ship their goods. \"I was 15 or 16 when I started\", said the retiree,explaining that his father also worked as a tracker. \"He died in 1964, when I was a teenager. I can't even remember us tracking together, but we did. It was so long ago.\" Dai said that boats crews worked in teams with a first, second and third master. The first master was the most essential because he sat in the boat and steered it along the safest route. \"It was a key role. He had to guide the boat past jagged rocks and whirlpools,\" he said, adding that first masters were often the most experienced boatmen and the most familiar with the Yangtzer River. \"My tracker days were dangerous,\" Dai said. \"If the boat got caught in a whirlpool, it could have swallowed the boat and all the trackers down with it. The same thing would have happened if the halter broke.\" Dai's days as a tracker finally came to an end when his family invested in a motorboat in the early 1980s. He successfully applied for a license from Wushan shortly after. Question: From the passage we can know that _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"being a tracker required more than brute strength\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Climate change could affect food supplies, water resources, human health and homes. If greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing at the current rate, global temperature is expected to rise between 2degC and 6degC by 2100. This doesn't sound much, but a 5degC change is the difference between the current warm period and an ice age. Global warming leads to other changes in the climate: melting ice, more evaporation , changes in geographical patterns of rainfall, heavier downpours separated by longer dry spells, more frequent heat waves, more intense hurricanes, and sea level rise. These changes could affect crop growth as drought, increased evaporation and shrinking glaciers disrupt water supply. Some crops could suffer heat stress. While there may be benefits in some regions, overall climate change is likely to have a negative impact on global food supplies. The impacts of climate change on agriculture will vary widely around the world. A global temperature rise of 1-2 degC is expected to increase food production in some regions, particularly mid-latitude areas. But in tropical regions even a small amount of warming could reduce crop yields. A temperature rise of 3 degC or more could threaten global food resources, as all regions are likely to experience negative impacts overall. Freshwater resources could also diminish, especially in tropical regions, as rain patterns change and evaporation speeds up. Some communities could lose essential melt water as glaciers disappear, while more intense rainfall and hurricanes could cause more flooding, leading to water pollution and bacterial diseases such as cholera becoming more widespread. Climate change could lead to a variety of health impacts - both positive and negative. On the negative side, scientists anticipate more cases of malnutrition, heatstroke and waterborne diseases such as cholera. Although some populations will benefit from a reduced risk of cold-related illnesses such as _ , overall a warming world is likely to have negative effects on human... Question: The passage is mainly meant to tell us _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"how climate change affects people worldwide\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Sir, In reply to your advertisement in today's China Daily regarding a vacancy in your office, I wish to apply for the position of senior clerk, which you have specified. I feel sure that I can meet your special requirements that the candidate must have a high command of English, for I graduated from the English Language Department of Wuhan University three years ago. In addition to my study of English in the university, I have worked for three years as a secretary in the firm of ABC Trading Co. Ltd. The main reason for changing my employment is to gain more experience with a superior trading company like yours.I believe that my education and experience will prove useful for work in your office. I am enclosing my resume, certificate of graduation and a letter of recommendation from the president of the university.I shall be obliged if you will give me a personal interview at your convenience. Very truly yours, Li Mei Question: Why does the author want to change his job? Yes or no, is the answer \"To gain more working experience.\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: A 1. 6-meter tall robot may soon become the best friend for lonely elderly people,as Chinese scientists are making the final sprint toward its market launch ,said a senior researcher on the robot project on Saturday. \"We are working on testing the exact functions and ways to reduce the cost in preparations for an expected market launch of the robot in two to three years,\"said Li Ruifeng,a member of the project. He said the team hoped to reduce the cost so that the robot can be priced at 30,000 to 50,000 yuan,which is expected to be an affordable price for most of China's better-off families. The robot has been developed with the functions of fetching food,medicine,sounding alarms in case of water or gas leakage,sending texts or video images via wireless communications,and even singing a song or playing chess to entertain its masters. Li said that the robot,developed independently in China, has technology at the same level as those in western labs. China set about the research of the robot in 2007,when it was listed as a national key project. It is _ by government funding . China has the world's largest elderly population with 159 million people over 60,accounting for 12 percent of its total population. According to a survey by the Ministry of Civil Affairs,more than 10 million caregivers and nurses are needed to attend the elderly population,as most of Chinese elderly prefer to live their retired lives at home. Question: Which of the following is true according to the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"Robot caregivers will appear in the market in 2 or 3 years.\"?\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Let's look at the picture. The boy's name is John. The girl in a white blouse is his sister, Rose. The other one in a yellow blouse is his sister, Mary. John and his sisters are students in No. 11 Middle School. The two sisters are in Class Three, Grade One, but John is in Class Two, Grade Two. The man and woman are their father and mother. The man is a worker and the woman is a teacher. The old man and the old woman are John's grandfather and grandmother. The family is a big one.???\noutput answer: Question: John's sisters are _ .Options:A not studentsB in the same classC in Grade 2D in different middle schoolsAnswer:B\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Passage 3 A smile will tell people around you that you are a kind and friendly person. However, many people don't smile because they think they have ugly teeth. For example, one of my classmates, Mike, doesn't have very nice teeth, so that is why he seldom opens his mouth. He even says that he has lost confidence because of his teeth. So it is very important for us to look after our teeth. In fact, a lot of people have this problem. Some people inherit teeth problems from their parents, while others' teeth are damaged because of bad habits, like heavy smoking, eating too much sugar or not brushing teeth often. If your teeth are in bad shape, you should see a dentist and ask for help. They can help improve your teeth and tell you how to take care of them. Smiling can help you to feel more confidence and make people think of you as a more friendly person. If you want to keep healthy, you should not only smile but also laugh. An Indian doctor called Kataria said that young children should laugh about 30 times a day, while adults should laugh between 7 and 15 times a day. So please take this chance to smile and laugh now.\n----\nAnswer: Question: What can a dentist do according to the passage?Options:A A dentist can tell you how to improve your bad teeth.B A dentist can help you to take care of your bad teeth.C A dentist can tell you how to brush your teeth.D Both A and BAnswer:D\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van . A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded . A van hold seven persons easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They could all travel together. Mr Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bought a van. The sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents' home, the suitcases are brought into the home and the two seats can then carry the grandparents. Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.\nA: Question: A motor home is usually owned by a family with _ .Options:A a babyB much moneyC more than two childrenD interest in vanAnswer:C\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: You are what you eat Keeping better eating habits can help you reduce disease. A healthy eating plan means choosing the right foods to eat and preparing foods in a healthy way. _ Do you often change your toothbrush? Maybe you think it is not necessary. A study shows old toothbrushes bring disease. You should often change your toothbrush. Exercise Swimming, running, skating, skiing, dancing, walking and some other activities can help you stay healthy. You should exercise at least three times a week and for twenty minutes or more each time. Do it. Plan out your life You should have breakfast before you go to school. Have a proper meal for lunch. Follow a healthy diet. ,.\nAnswer: Question: At least how long should you exercise each time?Options:A Twenty minutes.B Fifteen minutes.C Ten minutes.D Five minutes.Answer:A\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Alex Rawlings, from Oxford University, Has been named the UK's most multilingual person. The 21-year-old British student can speak 11 language and is learning a 12th, He knows English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew.Rawlings' mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French when he was growing up. Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now. He taught himself other languages like Dutch because he wanted to talk to people on his travels or simply because he thought the language was interesting or beautiful.\"When I was a kid, I always wanted to speak different languages,\" Rawlings said. \"My parents often took me to my mom's family in Greece. My dad worked in Japan for four years. I was always frustrated that I couldn't talk to other kids in those countries because of the language. \" Thanks to his talent for languages, Rawliings has made many friends. He also thinks that picking up new languages getseasier over time.Rawlings plans to perfect his Russian while studying in the small Russian city of Yaroslavi and the next language he plans to learn is Arabic.\"No matter how many languages I Iearn, my favorite language is always Greek because I have spoken it since childhood,\" he said.\n****\n[A]: Question: How is Alex Rawlings going to improve his Russian?Options:A By getting a Russian tutor.B By reading Russian books.C By watching Russian movies.D By studying in a Russian city.Answer:D\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Tiger and horse performance You can see the terrible tigers and gentle horses at Fuzhou Zoo. Keep away from the tigers . Sometimes they aren't friendly enough .You can ride the horse and take photos . Time :Feb .1--Feb .3 Tel : 87324568 Adult : 60Y= Child : 30Y= Bear and lion performance You can see fat black bears and scary lions at Chengdu Zoo. They will perform many activities. If you are not brave enough , you shouldn't come to see them . (children under 6 aren't allowed to come ) Time ;Feb. 2 _ ----Feb . 5 Tel : 85897043 Adult : Y=50 Child :Y=25 Dolphin performance You can see lovely dolphins at Dalian Zoo . The dolphins will jump out of the water and give you a performance . If you can swim , you are also allowed to come into the water and play with them with the help of the trainers . Time : Feb .4 _ Feb.8 Tel: 83126094 Adult :Y=80 Child :Y=4o ,.\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: If you are travelling in Dalian , you can see the _ -Options:A tiger performanceB bear performanceC dolphin performanceD lion performanceAnswer:C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle. I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn't enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, \"Casa Grande\", is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there. At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the \"Neptune Pool\". It was a pity that we couldn't go swimming there! The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it's a museum. _ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle. A) A tour around Europe B) The paintings and castles in Europe C) His mother D) His dream\nA\n------\nA famous study was done in a school by a professor from a university. At the start of the school year, the teachers were given the names of five children. They were told that these five were the most excellent students in the class. But the fact was that these students were only average,and they were not the best students at all. Well, guess what? At the end of the year, all the five average students scored among the highest in the class. What made these average students change so much to become top students?The only difference was the change in their teachers' attitude. Because the teachers believed that these five kids were the top students,they expected more from them. And so these five average students began to believe and expect more from themselves. So they worked harder to do as well as they could. Do you know why? If you expect the best from people, they'll usually want to give you their best. A great leader said, \"Treat a person just how he appears to be on the outside, and you'll make him even worse. But treat a person like he's already a success,and you'll help make him the best he can be.\" Like the true story of 7-year-old Johnny, his teacher got so angry with him that one day she said,\"Johnny,you're the naughtiest boy in this class. I'm sure you'll never change.\" The next year Johnny had a new teacher. And on the first day of class,she met with Johnny after school and said,\"Johnny, I've heard a lot about you! But do you know that I don't believe a word of it.\" And every day after that, this new teacher treated Johnny as if he was one of the smartest students even when Johnny did naughty things. Later on, Johnny became a school leader. Because that's the power of our belief and attitude toward children. The five average students became top students mainly because of _ . A) the professor's study B) the teachers'hard work C) the change in the teachers D) the change in the teachers' attitude\nD\n------\nLots of people get money from ATMs. If you don't know how to use an ATM, read the instructions carefully. Put your card into the machine. Look at the screen. Input your _ into the machine. Input how much money you want on the screen of the machine. Then press \"OK\". Get the money from the machine. If you want, you can also get a receipt . Take back your card. Remember these rules: Don't write your password on your card. Don't let other people see your password. If you lose your card, tell the bank at once. According to the passage, you _ . A) shouldn't write your password on the card. B) can let your best friend see your password C) shouldn't tell the bank that you lose your card. D) shouldn't use the ATM when you lose your card.\nA\n------\nPaul is my pen friend.He is from Landon,England.He speaks good English.He is now in Shanghai with his parents,because they work in Shanghai.Paul can speak a little Chinese! There are five people in his family,his parents,his two sisters and he.His sisters aren't in China.They are in England now. He likes singing and dancing very much.His favorite subject is music.He likes going to the movies on weekends:He thinks it is fun.I think he is a nice boy. Where does Paul live now? A) In Beijing B) In Shanghai. C) In London. D) In New York.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mrs Brown goes to see her son in London . Her son works in a music club there . Mrs Brown doesn't know London well . And she can't find her way . She sees a man at a bus stop . She wants to ask the man the way . \"Excuse me , but can you help me . please ?Which bus goes to Miller's shop ?\" Mrs Brown asked . The man is very friendly . He smiles . But he can't speak English .He can speak French . He is new in London . He puts his hand into his coat and takes out a small book . He opens it and reads something on it . \" I'm sorry , I can't speak English .\" Question: Which one is true? Options: A: The man at the bus stop is an Englishman. B: The man can't help Mrs Brown. C: Mrs Brown can't speak English. D: Mrs Brown borrows the book from the man.\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: \"Cool\" is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes, the word gets many different meanings. We can use \"cool\" when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example. When you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, \"It is cool.\" You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool. You can also use the word to mean something new and surprising. Here is an example. One day a teacher took the students to a farm and then asked them to write something about the visit. One of her students just wrote, \"The farm is so cool.\" Because he thought \"cool\" was the best word to show what he saw and felt. It also shows some people don't have enough words. Without \"cool\", they seem to have no other words to use. Can you think of any other words like \"cool: with so many meanings? If you can they are also very \"cool\". Question: The meaning of the word \"cool\" _ . Options: A: is always the same B: changes a lot C: is \"wonderful or smart\" D: is \"new and surprising\"\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: More and more Chinese people care for their own health. I come from England. I came to China five years ago. I began to learn cooking Chinese food from my father. When I was fifteen, I began to help my mother in the kitchen. My father is a very famous cook in Beijing. So he taught me many things about cooking. In the past three years, I never stopped learning cooking. When I saw a book called The disease eating out can be gone back again by eating (<<>> ), I began studying the book. .The writer of the book is Zhang Wuben. He said he was a famous nutritionist and well-known traditional Chinese doctor. He asked the people to eat eggplant and gram . In China, Zhang Wuben's book has been popular in the past few years. My father was invited to talk about the book in May, 2010. A large number of Chinese people believe they should eat eggplant and gram to be healthy. I have visited a lot of Chinese restaurants in Beijing and studied hundreds of restaurant menus. I talked to lots of doctors about eating and nutrition . They thought that Zhang Wuben's words _ the science. He told a lie. The fact is that it's important for us to eat a balanced diet and not just to eat eggplant and gram. Question: If you want to keep healthy, you should _ . Options: A: believe Zhang Wuben's words B: eat a balanced diet C: eat more eggplant and gram D: eat in Chinese restaurants\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token \"|||||\". Your task is to summarize them.\n\nExample input: A photo series on the popular Humans of New York Facebook page may have went viral and captured the nation’s attention last Tuesday, but for Daniel Kang, the post really hit home. \n \n When Kang, a junior studying computer science at the University of Michigan, heard that the refugee pictured and his family were relocating to his hometown of Troy, Mich., he said he knew he had to help. \n \n “I was really inspired by how intelligent he was and I knew a lot of people wanted to welcome him, so I thought, why not it be me?” he said. \n \n On the Humans of New York Facebook page with over 16 million likes — including comments from President Obama — the seven-part picture series’ captions detail one Syrian scientist and his family’s tale of loss after a missile strike destroyed their home, forcing them to to flee to Turkey, now with plans of coming to the United States. \n \n “Everything ended for us that day. That was our destiny. That was our share in life,” the scientist said. Battling stomach cancer, the loss of a home, career and seven family members, the man, whose name remains confidential to protect his identity as a refugee, expressed his hope for a new life in the United States. \n \n “I learned today that I’m going to Troy, Michigan,” he said. “I know nothing about it. I just hope that it’s safe and that it’s a place where they respect science. I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don’t want the world to think I’m over. I’m still here.” \n \n Knowing that refugees come to the United States with little more than they can carry, Kang quickly organized a crowdfunding campaign to help establish the man in his new home. \n \n In four days, the GoFundMe page has raised over $16K in donations from over 700 people. On Saturday afternoon, actor Edward Norton also began a fundraiser for the scientist, raising even more for the refugee who says he “just wants to be a person again.” \n \n “The response has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Kang. “A lot of people thanked me for doing a nice thing but I really feel like I was doing what anyone else would have done.” \n \n Kang said he’s received many messages from people expressing their gratitude, those who want to reach out to the man personally, as well local companies interested in working with the scientist. This includes invitations to lecture at local colleges, research job opportunities and potential help from local medical facilities in treating the man’s stomach cancer. \n \n “There’s definitely a lot of interest in helping him out,” he said. \n \n The biggest concern, said Kang, are those skeptical of how the money will reach the man. \n \n Kang, who has successfully crowdfunded in the past, is working closely with GoFundMe, the local refugee relocation agency Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, and is in communication with the Humans of New York staff to make sure all funding goes to the scientist. \n \n In the end, Kang said he just hopes the scientist receives the welcome he deserves. \n \n “If I could talk to him right now, I’d just tell him how sorry I am for everything he’s been through and that he’s coming to a great place. One of the things he said that resonated with me the most is that ‘I hope Troy is a place that appreciates science.’ \n \n I’d say out of all the cities in Michigan, Troy is the best place to raise a family, be a scientist and we can’t wait to have him.” \n \n Oona Goodin-Smith is a student at Oakland University and a member of the USA TODAY College contributor network. ||||| I saw this story on one of my favorite sites, Humans of New York, and it moved me to tears. This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people and yet he still passionately wants a chance to contribute positively to the world. If we don’t welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we’re not the country we tell ourselves we are. Let’s reject the 'anti-human’ voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of. Let’s show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life. \n \n Everything we raise here will go to help this family so that the father can get the medical treatment he needs to live and pursue his work, and his family can build a new stable life after their tragedy, and…as the Scientist beautifully expresses…to support his dream of contributing to the world. \n \n Thanks to Humans of New York for sharing these stories. Thanks to the team at CrowdRise for putting this together and figuring out how to get even the credit card transaction fees covered so we can get the maximum to the family. \n \n Thanks to everyone who rallies together to create the power of the crowd. If enough of us kick in the price of two frappucinos, we can probably transform the experience of this family and show them that life can deliver healing and kindness, not just heartbreak. \n \n Thanks to Benevolent, all donations are tax-deductible. We will work with Benevolent to use all donated funds to help this family and will seek to use any excess or unused funds to help the other 11 profiled in the HONY ‘Syrian American’ series. \n \n Edward Norton ||||| DETROIT, MI -- Moved to tears by a Humans of New York feature on a Syrian refugee fleeing to Metro Detroit, Hollywood actor Edward Norton launched an online fundraiser that had raised nearly $450,000 for the widower and his four children as of Thursday afternoon. \n \n \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" the man told NBC News after hearing about the fundraiser's success. \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me.\" \n \n The man asked NBC to refer to him as \"Abu Ammar,\" a fake named used to protect his relatives who remain in Syria. He's known to many on the Internet simply as \"The Scientist,\" which is also his profession. \n \n The refugee's family was scheduled to arrive in Troy, a Detroit suburb, Thursday. He and four surviving children spent the last two years in Instanbul, Turkey. They fled civil-war-torn Syria after the man's wife and one of his daughters were killed in a missile attack on April 6, 2013. \n \n His is one of 12 families featured by Humans of New York and cleared to resettle in the U.S. \n \n \"I learned today that I'm going to Troy, Michigan,\" the man told Humans of New York. \"I know nothing about it. I just hope that it's safe and that it's a place where they respect science. I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don't want the world to think I'm over. I'm still here.\" \n \n The story made rounds throughout the Internet and even garnered a response from President Barack Obama's official Facebook page: \n \n As a husband and a father, I cannot even begin to imagine the loss you've endured. You and your family are an inspiration. I know that the great people of Michigan will embrace you with the compassion and support you deserve. Yes, you can still make a difference in the world, and we're proud that you'll pursue your dreams here. Welcome to your new home. You're part of what makes America great. \n \n ,Norton, known for his roles in movies like \"Fight Club\" and \"Birdman,\" wrote in the description of his online fundraiser: \n \n If we don't welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we're not the country we tell ourselves we are. Let's reject the 'anti-human' voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of. Let's show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life. \n \n (6/7) “I had no problems before the bombing. I think the cancer came from my sadness and my stress. It’s in my... Posted by Humans of New York on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 ||||| ISTANBUL — The grieving refugee who touched hearts as \"The Scientist\" on the Humans of New York blog only mustered a brief smile when told that a Hollywood star had helped raise $450,000 for him. \n \n Hours before flying to Michigan to start a new life in the U.S. on Thursday, the cancer-stricken Syrian civil engineer glanced down. \n \n \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" he said after NBC News revealed the crowdfunding appeal. Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton was moved to tears after reading the refugee's biography on the photography site last week and launched the fundraiser. \n \n \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me,\" The Scientist said, displaying the sort of compassion and humility that helped his story go viral. \n \n The Scientist, who asked NBC News to refer to him as \"Abu Ammar\" to protect family in Syria, said his life was shattered by a bomb that killed his wife and daughter just under three years ago. \n \n He was later diagnosed with stomach cancer, and has had to care for five remaining children. \n \n They include a teenage son, who is still reeling after watching his mother die, and a daughter who carries inside of her shrapnel from the attack on April 6, 2013. \n \n \"When a bomb drops you don't know where it comes from,\" he said. \"There is no question our lives changed after that ... 180 degrees. I am mentally tired, in overwhelming sadness.\" \n \n “ As long as there are good people in the world … then we can stop this bloodshed” \n \n On Thursday, Abu Ammar and four of his children flew to Troy, Michigan, as part of a United Nations refugee resettlement program. \n \n For about two years, the family had been living close to destitution in Turkey. But the drive to succeed still lingers, Abu Ammar said. \n \n \"I've had ambitions since I was a child, and right now I'm still that same child with the same ambitions,\" he said. \"But I still have a message — sometimes when I'm talking to myself I say, 'No, I'm not supposed to die. I need to live long enough to realize my message to humanity.'\" \n \n Abu Ammar's story on Humans of New York, a popular blog started in 2010 that spawned a bestselling book, prompted an outpouring of compassion. Even President Barack Obama contributed, calling Abu Ammar and his family an \"inspirations\" on HONY's Facebook page. \n \n \"Yes, you can still make a difference in the world, and we're proud that you'll pursue your dreams here.\" Obama wrote. \"Welcome to your new home. You're part of what makes America great.\" \n \n Last night President @BarackObama wrote a very sweet welcome note to the scientist in Tuesday's story. pic.twitter.com/ZGrn3gOdR7 — Brandon Stanton (@humansofny) December 10, 2015 \n \n Norton, who starred in \"Birdman,\" \"Fight Club\" and \"American History X,\" set out to help pay The Scientist's medical expenses. \n \n \"This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people and yet he still passionately wants a chance to contribute positively to the world,\" Norton wrote. \n \n The resettlement of Syrian and Muslim refugees in the United States is controversial, especially in the aftermath of attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris and San Bernardino. Some politicians — notably GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump — have called for a ban on Muslims entering the country. \n \n Abu Ammar told NBC News he didn't know anything about the debate over Muslims and immigration raging in the U.S. He also didn't have a solution to the war raging in his home country. \n \n \"I don't like to get into politics because I am a man of science, and I can separate science and politics completely,\" he said. \"But as long as there are good people in the world, and everyone looks into his or her conscience, then we can stop this bloodshed.\" \n \n Abu Ammar added: \"No one benefits from people dying, and wars overall never benefit anybody — so let's hope God can help everyone and put out this fire.\" |||||\nExample output: A Syrian refugee whose moving story went viral earlier this month starts his new life in Troy, Michigan, on Thursday, NBC News reports. The refugee—who wants to keep his real name out of the media to protect family members still in Syria—is known as \"The Scientist\" on the blog Humans of New York, where he was first profiled. \"I learned today that I’m going to Troy, Michigan,\" The Scientist told HONY. \"I know nothing about it. I just hope that it’s safe and that it’s a place where they respect science.\" According to MLive, The Scientist left Syria in 2013 after a bomb killed his wife and one of his daughters. Since then, he's been diagnosed with stomach cancer and was barely scraping by in Turkey. Despite being \"in overwhelming sadness,\" he and his surviving children are hoping for a new start in the US, he tells NBC. Thanks to his story—which even got the attention of President Obama—The Scientist will have some help to get that new start. NBC reports actor Edward Norton was moved to tears after reading The Scientist's story and started a crowdfunding page that has raised nearly $450,000. \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" The Scientist says. \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me.\" A Michigan college student was also inspired to help after hearing The Scientist would be moving to his hometown, according to USA Today. His fundraising page has raised more than $16,000. \"I’d say out of all the cities in Michigan, Troy is the best place to raise a family, be a scientist, and we can’t wait to have him,\" Daniel Kang says.\nExample explanation: This is a good example. The output correctly summarizes the articles.\nQ: Logan Melgar hadn’t had a drink on June 4. \n \n The Green Beret sergeant’s dry day became a key to unraveling the narrative spun by the elite Navy commandos whom military investigators now suspect killed him, officials familiar with the case said. \n \n Melgar, a staff sergeant in the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Group, was specifically selected for an intelligence operation in the West African nation of Mali. He was well respected by the American Embassy staff and the partner forces there, a former U.S. Africa Command official said. But shortly before he died, Melgar told his wife that he had a bad feeling about two of his partners in that effort, both of whom were members of SEAL Team Six. \n \n Not wanting to say much more, Melgar informed his wife, Michelle, that he’d tell her the full story when he got back home, according to an official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still ongoing. \n \n Now those two Navy SEALs are under investigation for killing Melgar—an investigation, first reported by The New York Times, sending shockwaves throughout the special-operations community. Military experts were hard-pressed to think of another case where elite U.S. troops turned on one another. \n \n This account is based on five members of the special-operations community who were not cleared to speak publicly. Representatives of both U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) declined comment for this story, as the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has an active investigation into Melgar’s death. \n \n NCIS would not comment beyond confirming the investigation is underway. \n \n Dirty Money, Damning Excuse \n \n There is a minimal U.S. troop presence in Mali at most—nothing compared to the 800 troops in neighboring Niger, another West African nation that hosts a sizable special operations cadre. But special operations forces aid U.S. diplomats, Malian soldiers and their French partners in gathering intelligence on a confluence of capable local militants trending Islamist. As the elite troops do in so many countries, they operate in the shadows, with comparatively little oversight—and what their actions actually look like on the ground can be much dirtier than the heroic image the Pentagon prefers to portray. \n \n For example, part of the intelligence gathering operation in Mali involved a fund used to pay informants. \n \n Melgar, two special operations sources say, discovered the SEALs were pocketing some of the money from the informant fund. The SEALS offered to cut him in, but Melgar declined, these sources said. \n \n It is unknown what specifically started the June 4 altercation at 5 a.m. but it escalated. Melgar lost consciousness—and, worse, stopped breathing. The SEALs attempted to open an airway in Melgar’s throat, officials said. It is unknown whether Melgar died immediately. The SEALs and another Green Beret, according to former AFRICOM officials, drove to a nearby French clinic seeking help. Melgar was dead when he arrived at the clinic, the official said. Asphyxiation was the cause of death. \n \n “ It was the worst excuse the SEALs could have made up. The autopsy report said no drugs or alcohol were found in Melgar’s system. ” \n \n With Melgar dead, an apparent panic set in. The SEALs told superiors that Melgar was drunk during so-called combatives—that is, hand-to-hand fighting exercises. The Intercept reported that one of the SEALs, Petty Officer Anthony E. DeDolph, was a mixed-martial arts pro. A source told The Daily Beast the SEALs filed at least one operational report about the incident and possibly two. At least one of the reports included an account that Melgar was drunk. \n \n It was the worst excuse the SEALs could have made up. A former AFRICOM official who saw the autopsy report said no drugs or alcohol were found in Melgar’s system. At least one source believes he did not drink alcohol at all. The SEALs’ story was unraveling. \n \n Skeptics From the Start \n \n A second former Africa Command official said Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, then commander of Special Operations Command-Africa, was skeptical of the initial reports from the outset. He alerted Army Criminal Investigation Command and told commanders in Mali to preserve evidence. \n \n Melgar’s wife, Michelle, was also suspicious, three sources tell The Daily Beast. She raised concerns about the cause of death and allegations of drinking, according to three people familiar with the investigation, including providing investigators emails sent by her husband about problems he was having with the SEALs. \n \n The Daily Beast has reliably heard Michelle Melgar does not wish to be contacted by reporters and has respected that wish. \n \n Just 34 years old when he died, Melgar, a Texan, was an Afghanistan veteran twice over. His hometown paper, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, reported that Melgar was a 2006 graduate of Texas Tech. He enlisted in 2012 and joined the Army as an 18X—an off-the-street Special Forces recruit. He graduated from the Special Forces Qualification course in 2016. \n \n “Staff Sgt. Melgar did what most only dream of and excelled at every turn!” wrote a Melgar family representative on social media. “His life was epic! He is missed dearly every single day, but his legacy lives on.” ||||| Two Navy SEALs being investigated in the strangulation death of Army Sgt. Logan Melgar in Mali in June allegedly offered the Green Beret a cut of the military money they pocketed, but he refused, according to a report. \n \n Melgar confronted the two Navy SEALs after discovering their alleged scheme, where they reportedly took money for themselves from a fund used to pay informants, the Daily Beast reported. \n \n The two men tried to get Melgar to join the racket, but he declined the offer, the report said. Melgar later ended up dead in what appeared to be a strangulation. \n \n Whether the SEALs were involved in the death remained unclear as the investigation continued. The commandos were initially described as \"witnesses,\" but authorities later changed that to \"persons of interest.\" Officials said Melgar's cause of death was \"homicide by asphyxiation.\" \n \n Melgar, 34, was found dead June 4 at the U.S. Embassy housing he shared in Mali with several other special operations personnel working in West Africa on training and counterterrorism missions, the New York Times reported. \n \n There have been no charges so far in connection with the homicide, but two member of SEAL Team 6 -- the famous counterterror unit that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 -- were placed on administrative leave, pending investigation, according to the Times. \n \n The SEALs reportedly told their military leaders that they found Melgar and tried to save him, according to the Daily Beast. They also said Melgar was intoxicated that night as he was taking hand-to-hand fighting exercises. \n \n The autopsy, however, showed no signs of drug or alcohol usage, according to the report. |||||\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A jarring story emerged last month about US special operations forces: Two Navy SEALs are under investigation in the death of an Army Green Beret in the African nation of Mali. Details on a potential motive have been scant, but the Daily Beast has talked to five special-ops sources to lay out a narrative. Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, the 34-year-old victim, discovered that the Navy SEALs were keeping some of the money that was supposed to go to informants, according to the story. When Melgar found the cash, the SEALs reportedly offered him a share of the take, but he turned them down. This eventually led to a confrontation in the early morning hours of June 4, during which Melgar lost consciousness and stopped breathing, per the Daily Beast. The SEALs and another Green Beret drove Melgar to a clinic, but he was dead upon arrival, US Africa Command officials tell the Daily Beast. At that point, the SEALs' official account of what happened began to unravel. They reported that Logan had been drunk that night, but no alcohol was found in his system during an autopsy, and it's believed that Logan didn't drink, period. Perhaps worse, he had written to his wife about the problems he was having with the SEALs, and she has given those emails to investigators. The official cause of death is \"homicide by asphyxiation,\" per Military.com. No charges have been filed against the unidentified members of Navy SEAL Team 6, who remain on administrative leave as the investigation unfolds.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: E-mail is one of the biggest threats to your home computer. By understanding how E-mail works, and by taking some steps in how you deal with reading and writing messages, you can keep this threat out of your computer. When you exchange E-mail with someone else, the messages sent between you and that person pass through several computer before they reach their places. Imagine this conversation as it is taking place in an Internet \"room\", a very, very big room. Anyone, or more exactly, any program can probably understand what is being said, because most Internet conversations are not hidden in any way. As a result, others may be listening in, _ what you send, and using it for their own good. E-mail-borne viruses often arrive in attractive, fantastic appearances, much like the beautiful ads we receive by way of traditional mail that is made to sell us something. By beautiful appearances, an infected E-mail message seems to be something we want to read from someone we know, not a mean virus ready to destroy or damage our computers. There are some steps that you can take to help you decide what to do with every E-mail message with an attachment that you receive. You should only read a message that passes all of these tests: 1) The Know Test: Is the E-mail from someone that you know? 2) The Received Test: Have you received E-mail from this sender before? 3) The Expect Test: Were you waiting for E-mail with an attachment from this sender? 4) The Meaning Test: Do the topic line of the E-mail message and the name of the attachment both have meanings? 5) The Virus Test: Is the E-mail infected? Question: As the Internet is open to anyone, we should _ . Options: A: not read and write messages in our home computers B: not allowed nice advertisements to reach our computers C: stop our conversations while someone is listening in it D: be careful with the attractive E-mail sent by strangers\nD\n(Question)\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: It pays to be smart. We are not all smart in the same way. Youmaybe a talented musician, but you might not be a good reader . Each of us is different . Psychologists have two different views on intelligence .Others believe there are many different intelligence .Some psychologists say there is one type of intelligence that can be measured with IQ tests .These psychologistssupport their view with research that concludes that people who dowell on one kind of test for mental ability do well on other tests .They do well on tests using words , numbers or pictures. They do well on individual orgroup tests , and written or oral tests .Those who do poorly on one test , do the same on all tests . Studies of the brain show that there is a biological basis for general intelligence . The brain waves of people with higher intelligence show a quicker reaction .Some researchers conclude that differences in intelligence resultfrom differences in the speed and effectiveness of information processing by the brain . Howard Gardner , a psychologist at the Harvard School of Education , has four children .He believes that all children are different and shouldn't be tested by one intelligence test .Although Gardner believes general intelligence exists , he doesn't think it tells much about the talents of a person outside of formal schooling .He think that the human mind has different intelligences .These intelligences allow us to solve the kinds ofproblems we are presented with in life .Each of us has different abilities within these intelligences .Gardner believes that the purpose of school should be to encourage development of all of our intelligences . Question: According toGardner, schools should _ . Options: A: test students'IQs once at least. B: promote development of all intelligences . C: train students who do poorly on tests . D: focus on finding themostintelligent students\n(Answer)\nB\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When it comes to human resources, hiring highly-skilled staff is not usually enough for a company to function successfully. Besides the knowledge in their particular fields, employees must always have additional skills-----those of co-operation. In the case that work tasks can only be carried out by communicating with people, accepting common decisions, solving problems, sharing information and helping one another, teamwork skills are important. While some jobs may require talent, the ability to work as a team is learned. There are no complicated formulas ; you don't need to have any special qualities or exceptional mental abilities. Individuals can be effective as a team if they have developed certain behaviors or habits of communication. Many companies, clubs and organizations use team building activities. Team building activities may include a number of teamwork elements. They are aimed at encouraging active participation in task accomplishment while all members have their roles as individuals and are able to co-operate towards a common goal as a team. Many team building activities focus on problem solving and discussing team issues; thus argument as a way to common consensus is encouraged. Team building activities often involve recognition and identification of team member skills, talents, knowledge, and experiences which allow the team members to learn more about each other and fully utilize those skills where appropriate . Many team activities are focused on developing keys to trust during challenging times. Question: Team building activities are good for _ . Options: A: hiring employees with special talent B: encouraging employees to co-operate C: helping employees work independently D: training employees in their special fields\nAns: B\nQues:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you really want to go green, here's good news: eating green is good for you. The very foods with a high carbon cost---meat, pork, dairy products, processed snacks---also tend to be filled with fat and calories. A green diet would be mostly vegetables and fruits, whole grains, fish and lean meats like chicken---a diet that's eco- and waistline-friendly. Eating green can be healthier and beneficial to the climate. It may be hard to believe that a meal at McDonald's produces more carbon than your trip to a far away place. More than 37% of the world's land is used for agriculture, much of which was once forested. Deforestation is a major source of carbon. The fertilizer and machinery needed on a modern farm also have a large carbon footprint, as does the network of ships and trucks that brings the food from the farm to your plate. The most efficient way to reduce the carbon footprint of your menu is to eat less meat, especially beef. Raising cattle takes a lot more energy than growing the equivalent amount of grains, fruits or vegetables. What's more, the majority of cattle in the U.S. are fed on grain and loads of it---670 million tons in 2002---and the fertilizer used to feed that creates separate environmental problems. Focus on eating lower on the food chain, with more plants and fruits and less meat and dairy. It's simple. We can change today what goes into our bodies for the health of our planet and ourselves. Question: What will not lead to carbon in the agriculture? Options: A: Deforestation B: Fertilizer C: Machinery D: Grains\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Most airlines go all out to ensure their passengers have the best possible flight experience. Now, Europe's low-budget airline, easyJet, wants to extend the positive experience beyond the plane ride with \"Sneakairs\"--smart shoes that allow visitors to explore new cities and towns without ever looking at a map. To transform Sneakairs from an ordinary shoe to a tour guide, all the wearer has to do is enter his or her desired destination into the easyJet smartphone app. A built-in GPS will determine the wearer's starting location while the Google Maps navigation tool will help chart the best route. Whenever a change of direction is necessary, the app will communicate with the appropriate shoe via the Bluetooth and cause it to vibrate . For example, if the wearer needs to turn right, he/she will feel the sensation in the right shoe. Should the user miss the turn, the smart shoes will both vibrate at the same time, reminding him/her to change course. Visitors that wander off the suggested path or decide to take a break for a cup of coffee or a meal have nothing to worry about. The smart app will automatically determine the new location and chart out a new route, once the desired destination is reached. Sneakairs will vibrate three times to inform the user of the arrival and then go back to being ordinary shoes--until their navigation services are needed again! Sneakairs is certainly not the first navigation shoe in the market. However, easyJet is the first airline to offer them to passengers just as they are about to land in an unknown city. However, before Sneakairs can go mainstream, the easyJet team still needs to make some adjustments. Among the challenges that need to be addressed is the smart shoe's three-hour battery life, which is hardly enough for a tourist to catch all the delights a new or town has to offer!\n****\n[A]: Question: The airline easyJet designed Sneakairs in order to _ .Options:A help people exercise with better shoesB attract more people to choose easyJetC make sure their passengers have the best possible flight experienceD provide passengers with further pleasant experience beside their flightAnswer:D\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: One day when I left a bookstore and walked on the street, I saw a woman standing outside the post office. She looked pale and worried. I stopped and asked if she needed help. She told me that her foot was hurting and she had to go to the hospital fight away, but there was no taxi. I wanted to make a trip to a food store later that day. I asked the woman where she was going. She told me the name of a hospital which was actually on the way to the food store. So I said, My car is parked nearby, How about my giving you a ride? It will save you some time and money. She agreed gratefully. When we got to the hospital, she thanked me again and again. Then I went to the food store and picked up what I went for. As I was waiting at the checkout, the man behind me said that he had a coupon for 20% off anything in the store. He gave it to me because he had an extra one and he wanted to do good things to others! I thanked him and let him go ahead of me in line to check out. Each action creates a ripple that finally comes back to us. Do you believe it?\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: The man gave the author a coupon in the food store in order to _ .Options:A make friends with the authorB get a ride in the author's car for freeC go ahead of the author at the checkoutD do something kind for other peopleAnswer:D\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: I once had a friend that was diagnosed with terminal cancer , and the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends.However, in spite of the serious illness, he was initially determined to look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life.I think that when you find yourself in such situations, you tend to look up every possible way for hope of saving your life. As months went on and his health grew worse, I noticed an unexpected change in attitude that came over him.He had also been a happy person with a cheerful personality, but rather than give in to discouragement and self-pity, he took comfort in God and humanity .His talks focused on others rather than himself, and he spoke of the afterlife as something he was prepared for, believing that his concerned ancestors, including his mother and father, were there waiting for him. During the last few months, weeks, and days of his life, he was kindly cared for by family, friends, his loving wife, who looked after both his physical and emotional needs, and workers from a local hospice came to the home to regulate his medication and provide any other needed support.He didn't complain about his fate, and he willingly allowed others to serve him. Indeed, one might think why God allows death and suffering in our world, but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others.You often can't learn these important attributes in the lap of luxury , and perhaps, such an experience is the greatest and final gift the illness can give those left behind.\n++++++++\nAnswer: Question: Which word can best describe the man's initial reaction as soon as he was diagnosed with cancer?Options:A Satisfied.B SadC SurprisedD Concerned.Answer:C\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The robot moved into the fighting ring with confidence.Then it turned around quickly and knocked itself over. The team of Scouts that built the 8-inch -tall machine immediately realized one arm was too long.They would have to work fast---practice time was over , and the real robot matches were about to begin . \"We tried to fix it , but by that time , the other teams had more advanced technology ,\" says Eagle Scout Matthew Patchen , 16. \"They were a couple of steps ahead of us .\" In the end , Matthew's team didn't win the robot competition . But they had a great time working on their Robotics merit badges at the 2011 Advance Camp in Antioch , Calif . Advance Camp is held the last Saturday in September at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds in Antioch, Calif.Nearly 1,500 Scouts attended in 2011 and worked on different merit badges .Scouts choose from more than 50 merit -badge classes taught by counselors .They can earn merit badges from Fingerprinting to Nuclear Science to Swimming .Robotics is the most popular class . First , one of the counselors talked to Matthew and the other Scouts in his Robotic class about the many different uses for robots . \"I learned how advanced it really is ,\" Matthew says . \"Robots are used in medicine and industry .\" After the talk , the Scouts were divided into five-person teams . Each team was required to build a basic robot . The next step was programming the tiny computer in the robot so it would make the right moves once it was in the ring . \"We programmed our robot so its arm was moving all the time ,\" Matthew says . \"That way , it would knock the other robot over.\" . That's when they discovered the arm on their robot was too long . As a result , their robot knocked itself over before it could fight with any other robots . \"It was a learning experience ,\" Matthew says . \"You have to think ahead.\"\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: The author writes this text mainly to _ .Options:A explain what Scouts doB introduce an interesting campC advertise a robot competitionD encourage Scouts to learn technologyAnswer:B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please briefly summarize this news article:\n\nHow To Lead In Tough Times\n\nLeading an organization through hard times is challenging by definition. It requires a deliberate focus and extra attention to a few critical areas that can make the difference between a quick rebound followed by sustained improvement in performance--or by a downward spiral that may become irreversible.\n\nAnd it's in facing headwinds, of course, that the captain of the ship proves his or her mettle.\n\nSo what does it take to out-race peers, keep customers in the boat and motivate employees to pull harder on the oars? Here are five essentials for leadership through difficulty, and how to bring them to bear:\n\nCommunicate continually and honestly. Even though you're not running for president of the United States as John McCain is, launch your own Straight Talk Express. Authenticity and frequency in communications should be your constant goal.\n\nExplain your company's current circumstances and also how it got there. If there are things you as a leadership team could have done better, come clean and talk about them. Share what you plan to do about the fix you're in. And, of course, solicit and respect the input of directors, peers and staff members. Also listen intently to employees' descriptions and perceptions of the problem--and their own suggestions about what might be done.\n\nOne of the most important attributes that you as a leader must demonstrate is to see the situation as it is and not as you hope it to be--and to help the company's constituencies do the same thing. Bringing this reality before the organization is critical so that everyone has a common understanding of the magnitude of the challenge and shares a vision for what must be done together to improve matters.\n\nThis approach reduces the number of disruptive surprises. It also helps your company become more agile in the long run, because employees see the big picture and can understand how what they do fits into it. It helps them connect the dots on their own.\n\nMake sure you take the same approach with other constituencies, including customers, suppliers and other external parties. If they feel you aren't tuned in, and you aren't effectively identifying and articulating the issues your company faces based on cold, hard realities, they won't have confidence in your ability to turn things around. Take their concerns into account too.\n\nHatch a plan based in reality. Come up with a definitive strategy that addresses the crucial issues, whether they stem from the marketplace, from cost problems, management missteps, investment errors, the supply chain or the macroeconomy.\n\nYou may not be able to overcome these challenges completely, especially in the short term. But you and your employees can make things better by taking certain actions right away, which may include redoubling efforts in areas with customers, trimming costs, expanding markets, making internal sacrifices, stepping up your training, forging new alliances and even restructuring the company.\n\nDon't overlook the achievable by reaching for the possible. Searching for a big fix is fine, but in the meantime, stimulate small improvements across the board. Their cumulative effect can be significant. Richard Wallman, chief financial officer of Honeywell International a few years ago, was a master at this: He was relentless in helping division presidents continually find and develop opportunities that would offset difficulties elsewhere in their divisions.\n\nBut don't make promises you and the company can't keep. Be a realist above all else. That includes providing a time frame--one that you might be able to beat, not one that you likely will fail to fulfill.\n\nIdeally, you should use this period as a time not just for existential gambits but also for actually making the organization better. Great cultures foster continuous improvement that improves the corporation from within even during good times. But hard times provide a context for positive change that every leader and every company can take advantage of.\n\nEngage your people in the challenge and stress the importance of their changing their approach and behaviors. Levy their loyalty so they'll work more productively. Among other things, this creates ownership among the ranks of not only the problems you're facing but also of the solutions they're helping to implement.\n\nHang on to your best talent. Even though the U.S. economy has stalled out and employment pressures have eased somewhat, the long-term reality is that there is still an underlying dearth of executive and managerial talent. This overall shortage will reassert itself once the economy begins recovering.\n\nBut in the meantime, your competition--or needy companies in other industries--will be inclined to take advantage of your difficulties to try to poach some of your talent, with an eye toward the future. In these circumstances, the best people usually go first.\n\nStop this threat in its tracks. Reach out to your most important or highest-potential employees and emphasize that you want to hold on to them. Unabashedly remind them of their importance to the organization for the long haul. Describe what their career paths might actually look like. Harness them as a crucial part of creating the solutions that will help put your company back on the right track.\n\nThe financial-services business, for example, could learn from what Goldman Sachs accomplished in the 80s and 90s during previous shakeouts in the industry. The company did a great job of systematically building its bench and the company's future leadership--in strong contrast with many of its competitors --despite turmoil in its sector. Goldman Sachs is still reaping the rewards of that focus.\n\nAct decisively. This means taking definitive actions that comprehensively address the company's problems and that bid to turn the tide once and for all--rather than to settle for a series of \"baby steps,\" each of which isn't quite ambitious enough to make a decisive difference.\n\nAnd as captain of a ship in troubled waters, you've got to be visibly and steadily at the helm. But you also must be engaged in the struggle everywhere on the vessel.\n\nThat may mean, for example, demonstrating ways of cutting costs if you have decided that is an important tactic under the circumstances. Or it may be a matter of becoming more proactive in helping the leaders of your business units identify opportunities.\n\nFormer PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico was great at that. When he was running beverages, for example, if sales volume declined in a particular market for a time--due, say, to a competitive product launch or a flood of generic products-- he nevertheless kept the focus on creating opportunities to generate more sales in some other way. At the same time, he directed his leadership team to strive for continuous improvement in other areas including manufacturing and supply-chain efficiency. And Enrico always emphasized the importance of continuing to develop the organization's human capital no matter what the circumstantial backdrop.\n\nAlter your perspective. At the risk of stretching the nautical analogy too far, hard times require you as the captain to add new perspectives. If you haven't been on the mast for awhile, clamber up there. And how about going below deck where much of your company's day-to-day work gets done?\n\nMoving around like this will help you gain valuable insights about what really might be afflicting the organization and likely will inspire ideas for improvement that otherwise never would have occurred to you. Just as important, your employees at every level will see and hear you being engaged in the struggle, and it will reassure them.\n\nAdd to your sole perspective as well. Adversity demands that you bring members of your team even more closely into your counsel, so they can help become integral to the solution.\n\nAbove all, as the CEO, you must maintain a balanced perspective on the situation--and the way out.\n\nIf you seriously pursue and conscientiously execute these five tactics, you'll not only create the best opportunity for effectively leading your company through and out of a crisis, you'll also greatly enhance the organization's readiness for the long-term competitive opportunities that will surely emerge from today's economic doldrums.\n\nDennis Zeleny is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and a veteran HR consultant. He has headed human resources for some of the world's largest companies, including Honeywell and DuPont, and most recently served as executive vice president of administration and services for Caremark Rx, until its merger with CVS.\n\nHe can be reached at Zeleny-D@comcast.net.\n\nRetaining and developing key executives has never been more important. Here, Dennis Zeleny begins a series of articles to help your company do so more successfully.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The key to success is to command your situation in a way that is resolute and transparent.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token \"|||||\". Your task is to summarize them.\nExample: A photo series on the popular Humans of New York Facebook page may have went viral and captured the nation’s attention last Tuesday, but for Daniel Kang, the post really hit home. \n \n When Kang, a junior studying computer science at the University of Michigan, heard that the refugee pictured and his family were relocating to his hometown of Troy, Mich., he said he knew he had to help. \n \n “I was really inspired by how intelligent he was and I knew a lot of people wanted to welcome him, so I thought, why not it be me?” he said. \n \n On the Humans of New York Facebook page with over 16 million likes — including comments from President Obama — the seven-part picture series’ captions detail one Syrian scientist and his family’s tale of loss after a missile strike destroyed their home, forcing them to to flee to Turkey, now with plans of coming to the United States. \n \n “Everything ended for us that day. That was our destiny. That was our share in life,” the scientist said. Battling stomach cancer, the loss of a home, career and seven family members, the man, whose name remains confidential to protect his identity as a refugee, expressed his hope for a new life in the United States. \n \n “I learned today that I’m going to Troy, Michigan,” he said. “I know nothing about it. I just hope that it’s safe and that it’s a place where they respect science. I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don’t want the world to think I’m over. I’m still here.” \n \n Knowing that refugees come to the United States with little more than they can carry, Kang quickly organized a crowdfunding campaign to help establish the man in his new home. \n \n In four days, the GoFundMe page has raised over $16K in donations from over 700 people. On Saturday afternoon, actor Edward Norton also began a fundraiser for the scientist, raising even more for the refugee who says he “just wants to be a person again.” \n \n “The response has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Kang. “A lot of people thanked me for doing a nice thing but I really feel like I was doing what anyone else would have done.” \n \n Kang said he’s received many messages from people expressing their gratitude, those who want to reach out to the man personally, as well local companies interested in working with the scientist. This includes invitations to lecture at local colleges, research job opportunities and potential help from local medical facilities in treating the man’s stomach cancer. \n \n “There’s definitely a lot of interest in helping him out,” he said. \n \n The biggest concern, said Kang, are those skeptical of how the money will reach the man. \n \n Kang, who has successfully crowdfunded in the past, is working closely with GoFundMe, the local refugee relocation agency Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, and is in communication with the Humans of New York staff to make sure all funding goes to the scientist. \n \n In the end, Kang said he just hopes the scientist receives the welcome he deserves. \n \n “If I could talk to him right now, I’d just tell him how sorry I am for everything he’s been through and that he’s coming to a great place. One of the things he said that resonated with me the most is that ‘I hope Troy is a place that appreciates science.’ \n \n I’d say out of all the cities in Michigan, Troy is the best place to raise a family, be a scientist and we can’t wait to have him.” \n \n Oona Goodin-Smith is a student at Oakland University and a member of the USA TODAY College contributor network. ||||| I saw this story on one of my favorite sites, Humans of New York, and it moved me to tears. This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people and yet he still passionately wants a chance to contribute positively to the world. If we don’t welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we’re not the country we tell ourselves we are. Let’s reject the 'anti-human’ voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of. Let’s show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life. \n \n Everything we raise here will go to help this family so that the father can get the medical treatment he needs to live and pursue his work, and his family can build a new stable life after their tragedy, and…as the Scientist beautifully expresses…to support his dream of contributing to the world. \n \n Thanks to Humans of New York for sharing these stories. Thanks to the team at CrowdRise for putting this together and figuring out how to get even the credit card transaction fees covered so we can get the maximum to the family. \n \n Thanks to everyone who rallies together to create the power of the crowd. If enough of us kick in the price of two frappucinos, we can probably transform the experience of this family and show them that life can deliver healing and kindness, not just heartbreak. \n \n Thanks to Benevolent, all donations are tax-deductible. We will work with Benevolent to use all donated funds to help this family and will seek to use any excess or unused funds to help the other 11 profiled in the HONY ‘Syrian American’ series. \n \n Edward Norton ||||| DETROIT, MI -- Moved to tears by a Humans of New York feature on a Syrian refugee fleeing to Metro Detroit, Hollywood actor Edward Norton launched an online fundraiser that had raised nearly $450,000 for the widower and his four children as of Thursday afternoon. \n \n \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" the man told NBC News after hearing about the fundraiser's success. \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me.\" \n \n The man asked NBC to refer to him as \"Abu Ammar,\" a fake named used to protect his relatives who remain in Syria. He's known to many on the Internet simply as \"The Scientist,\" which is also his profession. \n \n The refugee's family was scheduled to arrive in Troy, a Detroit suburb, Thursday. He and four surviving children spent the last two years in Instanbul, Turkey. They fled civil-war-torn Syria after the man's wife and one of his daughters were killed in a missile attack on April 6, 2013. \n \n His is one of 12 families featured by Humans of New York and cleared to resettle in the U.S. \n \n \"I learned today that I'm going to Troy, Michigan,\" the man told Humans of New York. \"I know nothing about it. I just hope that it's safe and that it's a place where they respect science. I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don't want the world to think I'm over. I'm still here.\" \n \n The story made rounds throughout the Internet and even garnered a response from President Barack Obama's official Facebook page: \n \n As a husband and a father, I cannot even begin to imagine the loss you've endured. You and your family are an inspiration. I know that the great people of Michigan will embrace you with the compassion and support you deserve. Yes, you can still make a difference in the world, and we're proud that you'll pursue your dreams here. Welcome to your new home. You're part of what makes America great. \n \n ,Norton, known for his roles in movies like \"Fight Club\" and \"Birdman,\" wrote in the description of his online fundraiser: \n \n If we don't welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we're not the country we tell ourselves we are. Let's reject the 'anti-human' voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of. Let's show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life. \n \n (6/7) “I had no problems before the bombing. I think the cancer came from my sadness and my stress. It’s in my... Posted by Humans of New York on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 ||||| ISTANBUL — The grieving refugee who touched hearts as \"The Scientist\" on the Humans of New York blog only mustered a brief smile when told that a Hollywood star had helped raise $450,000 for him. \n \n Hours before flying to Michigan to start a new life in the U.S. on Thursday, the cancer-stricken Syrian civil engineer glanced down. \n \n \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" he said after NBC News revealed the crowdfunding appeal. Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton was moved to tears after reading the refugee's biography on the photography site last week and launched the fundraiser. \n \n \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me,\" The Scientist said, displaying the sort of compassion and humility that helped his story go viral. \n \n The Scientist, who asked NBC News to refer to him as \"Abu Ammar\" to protect family in Syria, said his life was shattered by a bomb that killed his wife and daughter just under three years ago. \n \n He was later diagnosed with stomach cancer, and has had to care for five remaining children. \n \n They include a teenage son, who is still reeling after watching his mother die, and a daughter who carries inside of her shrapnel from the attack on April 6, 2013. \n \n \"When a bomb drops you don't know where it comes from,\" he said. \"There is no question our lives changed after that ... 180 degrees. I am mentally tired, in overwhelming sadness.\" \n \n “ As long as there are good people in the world … then we can stop this bloodshed” \n \n On Thursday, Abu Ammar and four of his children flew to Troy, Michigan, as part of a United Nations refugee resettlement program. \n \n For about two years, the family had been living close to destitution in Turkey. But the drive to succeed still lingers, Abu Ammar said. \n \n \"I've had ambitions since I was a child, and right now I'm still that same child with the same ambitions,\" he said. \"But I still have a message — sometimes when I'm talking to myself I say, 'No, I'm not supposed to die. I need to live long enough to realize my message to humanity.'\" \n \n Abu Ammar's story on Humans of New York, a popular blog started in 2010 that spawned a bestselling book, prompted an outpouring of compassion. Even President Barack Obama contributed, calling Abu Ammar and his family an \"inspirations\" on HONY's Facebook page. \n \n \"Yes, you can still make a difference in the world, and we're proud that you'll pursue your dreams here.\" Obama wrote. \"Welcome to your new home. You're part of what makes America great.\" \n \n Last night President @BarackObama wrote a very sweet welcome note to the scientist in Tuesday's story. pic.twitter.com/ZGrn3gOdR7 — Brandon Stanton (@humansofny) December 10, 2015 \n \n Norton, who starred in \"Birdman,\" \"Fight Club\" and \"American History X,\" set out to help pay The Scientist's medical expenses. \n \n \"This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people and yet he still passionately wants a chance to contribute positively to the world,\" Norton wrote. \n \n The resettlement of Syrian and Muslim refugees in the United States is controversial, especially in the aftermath of attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris and San Bernardino. Some politicians — notably GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump — have called for a ban on Muslims entering the country. \n \n Abu Ammar told NBC News he didn't know anything about the debate over Muslims and immigration raging in the U.S. He also didn't have a solution to the war raging in his home country. \n \n \"I don't like to get into politics because I am a man of science, and I can separate science and politics completely,\" he said. \"But as long as there are good people in the world, and everyone looks into his or her conscience, then we can stop this bloodshed.\" \n \n Abu Ammar added: \"No one benefits from people dying, and wars overall never benefit anybody — so let's hope God can help everyone and put out this fire.\" |||||\nExample solution: A Syrian refugee whose moving story went viral earlier this month starts his new life in Troy, Michigan, on Thursday, NBC News reports. The refugee—who wants to keep his real name out of the media to protect family members still in Syria—is known as \"The Scientist\" on the blog Humans of New York, where he was first profiled. \"I learned today that I’m going to Troy, Michigan,\" The Scientist told HONY. \"I know nothing about it. I just hope that it’s safe and that it’s a place where they respect science.\" According to MLive, The Scientist left Syria in 2013 after a bomb killed his wife and one of his daughters. Since then, he's been diagnosed with stomach cancer and was barely scraping by in Turkey. Despite being \"in overwhelming sadness,\" he and his surviving children are hoping for a new start in the US, he tells NBC. Thanks to his story—which even got the attention of President Obama—The Scientist will have some help to get that new start. NBC reports actor Edward Norton was moved to tears after reading The Scientist's story and started a crowdfunding page that has raised nearly $450,000. \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" The Scientist says. \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me.\" A Michigan college student was also inspired to help after hearing The Scientist would be moving to his hometown, according to USA Today. His fundraising page has raised more than $16,000. \"I’d say out of all the cities in Michigan, Troy is the best place to raise a family, be a scientist, and we can’t wait to have him,\" Daniel Kang says.\nExample explanation: This is a good example. The output correctly summarizes the articles.\n\nProblem: Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday blasted President Barack Obama's diplomatic strategy with Russia President Vladimir Putin regarding Syria's use of chemical weapons, saying Obama is now \"following from behind.\" \n \n \"You have Putin playing chess and Obama playing, frankly, a very lucky game of tic-tac-toe,\" Gingrich said on CNN's \"State of the Union.\" \"Putin stepped in to maximize Russian influence in the Middle East. That is a strategically defeat for the United States.\" \n \n \"We are now relying on the Russians,\" said Gingrich, now a host of CNN's 'Crossfire.\" We're now following from behind -- not leading from behind. This is not a good long-term position.\" \n \n The former House speaker from Georgia also said the American public is very wary of intervening in the Middle East. \n \n \"People are sick of the violence. They are sick of the Middle East. They are sick of where we are as a country right now,\" Gingrich said. \n \n Read more about: Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, Syria ||||| Recent events have only made Syrian President Bashar Assad stronger, Sen. Roy Blunt said Sunday. \n \n The Missouri Republican, who opposed President Barack Obama's call for military action against because of its reported use of chemical weapons, said a small attack would have been a mistake. \n \n “Assad would have said 'Look, the Americans took their best shot at me… and I’m still here,' ” Blunt said. “I think Assad’s a lot stronger today than he was two weeks ago.” \n \n Blunt also expressed concern for the message the U.S.’s moves were sending to Iran. \n \n “Iranians should understand that what’s happened in the last two weeks is not the template for Iran,” he said. “A nuclear capable Iran is not acceptable; this would be a totally different debate in the Congress. \n \n The U.S. will have a tough time recovering from the message it has sent both allies and enemies alike in the past two weeks, Blunt said. “Our adversaries have taken heart in seeing the uncertainly.\" \n \n Read more about: Iran, Roy Blunt, Syria ||||| Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said Sunday it's \"no coincidence\" that Russia struck a deal with the U.S. on Syria's use of chemical weapons, praising President Barack Obama's threat to use a military strike. \n \n \"This progress would not have been achieved without the threat of a military strike by President Obama,\" the Michigan Democrat said on CBS's \"Face the Nation.\" \"It's no coincidence that after that threat was achieved and made -- and after our Foreign Relations Committee on a bipartisan basis voted to authorize the use of force, the Russia finally decided it would put some pressure on Syria and get involved.\" \n \n \"It is so important that the continuing threat be very readily available,\" Levin said. \n \n Read more about: Barack Obama, Carl Levin, Syria ||||| If he were president, Sen. John McCain on Sunday he would have stepped up support for the Free Syrian Army and put weapons in the hands of the rebels. \n \n Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Arizona Republican who lost Barack Obama in 2008, called the deal with Russia a “loser” saying it gave the country a position of power it hadn’t seen since 1970. \n \n “It’s not a matter of trust it’s a matter of whether or not it will be enforced,” McCain said, expressing concern over what the U.S.’s next steps would be should Syrian President Bashar Assad pursue another attack. \n \n “Suppose that this deal is made and then Bashar Assad does not comply?” McCain said. And quoting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, he said Russia could stop the U.S. from following through with a use of force. \n \n “Whatever happened to the president’s red line' where he said if they use chemical weapons we will respond?” McCain asked. \n \n Read more about: John McCain, Foreign Policy, Syria, Sarin ||||| Diplomatic elder statesmen Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski told Fareed Zakaria on Sunday that Russia's prime motivation in its Syria diplomacy was stability. \n \n \n \n Speaking on \"Fareed Zakaria GPS\" on CNN, both said the superpower deal on Syria was designed to allow President Vladimir Putin to combat the tide of radical Islamic power in the region and also within his nation's borders - but that the U.S.-Russia deal on Syria also managed to extricate the United States from a difficult situation. \n \n \n \n \"Putin, in my opinion,\" Kissinger said, \"considers radical Islam his biggest security threat. ... He saw an opportunity to perhaps to get into step with us, solving a common problem.\" \n \n \n \n Brzezinski said the two nations don't have the exact interests but \"compatible interests.\" He said Putin is particularly fearful that the Muslim population in Russia's Caucusus region \"might explode.\" \n \n \n \n Kissinger, 90, is a former secretary of state who served both President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford. Brzezinski, 85, was President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser. Both were, and continue to be, polarizing figures. \n \n \n \n Brzezinski told Zakaria he saw Putin as having a secondary motivation, the chance to reduce America's stature in the world. \"Russia saw an opportunity to also become a significant player in this game,\" Brzezinski said, but he didn't see that as a bad thing, since it helped the two nations solve a common problem. \n \n \n \n Both said that American policy on Syria was headed down the wrong path before the deal was made. Kissinger said he thought the Obama administration had been focused too narrowly on efforts to drive President Bashar Assad out of power as opposed to \"the historic conflict between Shiites and Sunnis.\" \n \n \n \n Brzezinski was even harsher, saying than an attack on Syria would have been \"pointless.\" \n \n \n \n He said: \"Our actions were misconceived, badly calculated. This gets us off the hook.\" \n \n CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article included some misspellings of Zbigniew Brzezinski's last name. \n \n Read more about: Russia, Islam, Henry Kissinger, Syria, Vladimir Putin, Zbigniew Brzezinski ||||| Rep. Michael McCaul says he hopes Russian troops will take the lead on the removal of chemical weapons from Syria. \n \n \n \n Praising the U.S-Russia accord on Syria, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Russia has the most leverage to successfully disarm Syrian President Bashar Assad. \n \n \n \n Russian President Vladimir Putin \"is in a unique position, rather than the president, to get this done.” McCaul told said on \"Fox New Sunday.\" “He’s now come forward as a leader and he owns this.” \n \n \n \n McCaul, a Texas Republican and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) agreed that while the U.S. should be involved in verifying that the chemical weapons had been eliminated, no U.S. troops should be deployed in Syria. \n \n \n \n “It can be done without a shot fired, and hopefully without any American troops on the ground,” McCaul said. \n \n Read more about: Russia, Syria, Cold War, Michael McCaul, Vladimir Putin |||||\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Solution: It's \"no coincidence\" that the US and Russia were able to broker a deal after the Obama administration threatened a military strike in Syria, Carl Levin said today. \"This progress would not have been achieved without\" that pressure, which forced Russia to finally opt to \"put some pressure on Syria and get involved.\" Echoing the sentiments of John Kerry today, Levin added that \"It is so important that the continuing threat be very readily available.\" Elsewhere on your Syria reactions, as per Politico: Henry Kissinger: \"Putin, in my opinion, considers radical Islam his biggest security threat. ... He saw an opportunity to perhaps to get into step with us, solving a common problem.\" John McCain: Russia deal is a \"loser. It’s not a matter of trust, it’s a matter of whether or not it will be enforced... Suppose that this deal is made and then Bashar Assad does not comply?” Zbigniew Brzezinski: \"Russia saw an opportunity to also become a significant player in this game.\" But a US attack would have been \"pointless. Our actions were misconceived, badly calculated. This gets us off the hook.\" Michael McCaul: The House Homeland Security Committee chair wants Russian boots on the ground, and says Vladimir Putin \"is in a unique position, rather than the president, to get this done. He's now come forward as a leader and he owns this.” Roy Blunt: The Missouri senator says a small strike would have been folly. “Assad would have said 'Look, the Americans took their best shot at me, and I’m still here.' I think Assad’s a lot stronger today than he was two weeks ago. Our adversaries have taken heart in seeing the uncertainty.” Newt Gingrich: \"You have Putin playing chess and Obama playing, frankly, a very lucky game of tic-tac-toe. That is a strategically defeat for the United States. We are now relying on the Russians. We're now following from behind—not leading from behind. This is not a good long-term position.\"", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Paula Radcliffe, chasing a third London marathon title , says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games. Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: \"Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.\" \"In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.\" She didn't care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens. \"Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn't spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted me.\" Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens. \"In New York I wasn't in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.\" Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday's race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records. However, Radcliffe has not ruled out in the future chasing her \"final\" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times. \"I don't think that--although _ ,\" said Radcliffe. \"That changes from person to person.\" Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later. Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago. Afterwards she set a \"mixed course\" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.\n****\n[A]: Question: Radcliffe's failure in Athens made her _ .Options:A develop respect for Liz.B love people around her more.C rest for five months.D face criticism calmly.Answer:D\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: You can love them or hate them, but no matter which tourist destination you visit, chances are you'll see someone with their head buried in a Lonely Planet guidebook. Lonely Planet is one of the world's largest travel guide brands, publishing more than 500 different guides in eight languages.The popular brand also produces television shows, websites and podcasts all devoted to travel. Some people praise Lonely Planet books because they make traveling easy and affordable.They also save time and make sure you don't miss the best things. They also provide the reviews of hostels, hotels, restaurants and ticket information about your destination. This can be great if you're a nervous traveler, or if you haven't traveled by yourself before.If you're in a country where you don't speak the language, sometimes there's nothing better than getting into a taxi and opening up a guidebook.You simply point to a map that directs the taxi driver to a hostel that's cheap and clean, with friendly staff and cold beer. But others criticize Lonely Planet and other travel guide publishers like them.They say guidebooks take the fun and spontaneity out of traveling, and that part of the enjoyment of travel comes from the fact that anything can happen.They also regret that if you follow a guidebook, you'll end up doing the same thing and having the same experience as everyone else.You might end up seeing the same group of people over and over, because everyone is reading the same book and following the same route. Another criticism of travel guides is that they have a large impact on local communities.For example, some locals devote their lives to behaving in ways that attract tourists.They pretend to live a traditional lifestyle, wear traditional clothes and live in traditional houses in order to attract the tourist dollar.\n****\n[A]: Question: The Lonely Planet guidebook can bring you the following advantages EXCEPT that _ .Options:A you can speak a foreign language when opening a guidebookB you can easily find a nice place to stay in a strange cityC it provides lots of useful information about your destinationD it can help you save time and money when travelingAnswer:A\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: This March is a busy month in Shanghai.There's a lot to do.Here are the highlights. Live Music - Late Night Jazz Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player.He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie's Heroes.Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep.This is Herbie's third visit to Shanghai.The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly. PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15---23 March PRICE: Y=80,120 TIME: 10:00p.m.till late! TEL: 6466--8736 Scottish dancing Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop.Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn.Instructors will demonstrate the dances.The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent. PLACE: Jack Stein's DATES: every Monday PRICE: Y60 including one drink TIME: 7:00 ---0:00 p.m. TEL: 6402-1877 Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum There are 120,000 pieces on show here.You can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof.It's always interesting to visit, but doubly so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition.There are lots of mummies and more gold than you've ever seen before.Let us know if you see a mummy move! PLACE: Shanghai Museum PRICE: Y=30 (Y= 15 for students) TEL: 6888-6888 DATES: daily TIME: Monday - Friday 9:00a.m.- 5:00p.m., Weekends 9:00a.m.--- 9:00p.m. Dining - Sushi chef in town Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai.In Japan, it's become an art form.The most famous Sushi 'artist' is Yuki Kamura.She's also one of the few female chefs in Japan.She'll be at Sushi Scene all of this month. PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel DATES: all month PRICE: Y=200 TIME: lunchtime TEL: 6690-3211 For a full listing of events, see our website.\n****\n[A]:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p.m.on Saturday, which one can you choose?Options:A Live Music - Late Night JazzB Exhibitions - Shanghai MuseumC Scottish dancingD Dining - Sushi chef in townAnswer:B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Planning your to-do list for the coming year? To help you out, we've collected our favorite must-see events across Canada. Ready, go! Red or white? Every spring wine growers get together to celebrate the beginning of another grape-growing season at the Okanagan Spring Wine Festival. The best time to visit the Okanagan is usually from May 1 to 10. The festival allows visitors to taste the best wines in Canada together with unique dishes representing the latest developments in local cuisine. The jazz festival Montreal's downtown comes alive every summer during the International Jazz Festival. The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest held the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. This year the event is scheduled to run from June 29 to July 9. Stages replace cars along busy streets. With a host of free outdoor shows, you'll be snapping your fingers to anything from Dixieland to blues, African beats to modern trip-hop, and everything in between. Are you ready? Just head east to the Newfoundland Targa Rally, which runs from September 9 to 16 this year. The 2,200-kilometre race dashes across the eastern and central parts of the province, and is the largest race of its kind in North America. On these sections you race against the clock rather than other competitors. This is a great chance to test your car's limits and your skills. Hello spring! In 1945, thousands of tulip bulbs gifts from Holland, were planted on Ottawa's Parliament Hill, Canada. These gifts were a thank-you to Canadian soldiers who helped set Holland free in World WarII. Since then, the capital has become home to the Canadian Tulip Festival. From May 4 to 22, Ottawa and Gatineau (a city of southwest Quebec) will be covered with beautiful flowers. Besides three million tulips, visitors can also attend concerts, featuring some of Canada's brightest musical stars. Wine lovers can enjoy themselves . A) from May 1 to 10 B) from May 4 to 22 C) from June 29 to July 9 D) from September 9 to 16\nA: A\n\n\nQ: To be a good teacher, you need some of the _ of a good actor: you must be able to hold attention and interest of your students; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear. A good teacher doesn't sit still before his class; he stands all the time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express his feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't mean he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher's work and the actor's. The actor has to speak words he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play--they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience. He can't learn his part by heart, because their brains couldn't keep discipline: they couldn't keep strictly to what another has written. In what way is a teacher's work different from that of an actor's? A) The teacher must learn everything by heart. B) He has to deal with unexpected situations. C) He has to use more facial expressions. D) He has to control his voice better than an actor.\nA: B\n\n\nQ: Chinese writer Mo Yan's Nobel Prize for Literature might _ an explosion of global interest in Chinese literature and lead to more titles translated into English, European experts say. \"Hopefully, the award means more people will read Chinese literature and more works will get translated,\" says Michel Hockx, professor of the Languages and Cultures of China and Inner Asia from University of London. \"Many very good Chinese writers have been accepted globally for a long time already. Mo Yan is probably the most translated Chinese writer alive, with at least five of his novels made available in English over the past 20 years.\" Jonathan Ruppin, web editor of bookseller Foyles, says Mo's win coincides with growing interest in Chinese literature and recognizes the talents of a distinctive and visionary writer. \"We are very excited by the fact that English translations of more of his books should now become available,\" Ruppin says. He made the comment after Mo became the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in its century-long history. As East-West cultural exchange has been booming, Chinese literature has been attracting growing attention in recent years. Hockx explains, \"It's mainly because there are many more opportunities for Chinese writers to visit other countries, to publish their works outside China and to interact with readers abroad. At the same time, more and more people globally are learning Chinese and taking an interest in the Chinese language and culture.\" University of Oxford lecturer in modern Chinese literature Margaret Hillenbrand says, \"The obvious reason for the growing global presence of Chinese literature is the growing global presence of China itself. People have come to realize that there is a serious knowledge deficit between China and its international counterparts -- in particular, _ -- and reading Chinese literature is an effective, simple means of solving that gap.\" Which of the following is true according to the passage? A) Chinese literature has spread with the development of China. B) The Nobel Prize for Literature has a history of hundreds of years. C) In the past, no Chinese writers were accepted outside China. D) Foreigners know about China mainly by reading Mo Yan's works.\nA: A\n\n\nQ: Even before they start school, many young girls worry that they are fat. But a new study suggests watching a movie starring astereotypically thin and beautiful princess may not increase children's anxieties. Nearly half of the 3 to 6 year old girls in a study by Professor Stacey Tantleff-Dunn and doctoral student Sharon Hayes said they worry about being fat. About one-third would change a physical feature, such as their weight or hair color. The number of girls worried about being fat at such a young age concerns Tantleff-Dunn because of the potential effects later in life. Studies have shown young girls worried about their body image are more likely to suffer from eating disorders when they are older. The encouraging news for parents is that taking their young daughters to see the new Disney film \"The Princess and the Frog\" isn't likely to influence how they see their bodies. \"The media have a great effect on how young girls see their bodies. That's why it's important for parents to use movies such as 'The Princess and the Frog,' to start conversations with their children about weight, skin color and their views of beauty. They can explain that princesses' tiny waists are not realistic for girls and that children don't need Cinderella's golden hair or Snow White'sporcelain skin to look good,\" Tantleff-Dunn said. \"We need to help our children challenge the images of beauty, particularly thinness, that they see and idolize, and encourage them to question how much appearance should be part of their self-worth,\" said Tantleff-Dunn. \"We should help them build a positive self-image with an appreciation for many different types of body features.\" And as their children's most important role models, parents also should avoid criticizing their own bodies. What is especially considered as beauty by girls according to the passage? A) Having black hair. B) Having a slim body. C) Having golden skin. D) Having big bright eyes.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: Traditionally, business people would get to know each other over a round of golf. But road cycling is fast catching up as the preferred way of networking recently. \"When you play golf with somebody you have to decide if you\"re going to beat them, or let thembeat you,\" says Peter Murray, a chairman of the NLA centre. \"If they\"re your customers and youdon\"t want to beat them, sometimes you might have to make some kind of cheating in order to lose. That seems to me not a good way of doing things.\" Group cycling, and especially long-distance riding, is a shared experience, Mr Murray says. Riders often work together and help each other out, taking turns to be at the front so that the riders in their group can save almost a third of the effort needed to travel at the same speed. How someone rides a bike can give you a real insight into what a person is like, says Jean-Jacques Lorraine, founding director of Morrow Lorraine, a team member of Cycle to Cannes. \"Some riders are very single-minded, others more collaborative; some are skillful, others an open book.\"\"If I walk into a meeting and somebody says ,,I\"ve done Cycle to Cannes\" , it\"s a done deal really,\" says Mr Lorraine. Mr Mottram, CEO of Rapha, believes it is easier to get to know people by cycling than in other situations. \"T here is an easy environment about conversations on a bike.\" Mr Lorraine makes the point more directly: \"I feel open and honest to others. I often find I\"m saying things on a bike which I wouldn\"t normally say, and equally I\"ve been confided in when I wasn\"t expecting it.\" Why do cycle rides lend riders so well to networking? \"Getting a quick lunch or drink after work doesn\"t give you long enough to get to know someone,\" Mr. Murray says. He believes long ridesget people together. \"A younger rider can be cycling along with a boss and help him in some wayand you get a reversal of the relationship. This changes the relationship when they are off theride too.\" Perhaps the main reason why cycling is a good way to network is that it\"s a... Question: Which of the following is TRUE about cycling? Yes or no, is the answer \"Cycling is a good way to get to know people.\"?\nNo\n------\nArticle: Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-textbook. It is a small computer for students. Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for them for a long time. But the e-schoolbag will change everything. It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag. Also, it is as small as a usual textbook, an exercise book and so on. They can be made into _ that are as small as a stamp. The students can read the text page by page on the \"screen\", take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers. All they have to do is to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag and press the button. It is said that e-schoolbags have been put into use in some Chinese middle schools. In 2012, some students in Shanghai started to use e-schoolbags in the new term. Some say that e-textbooks can be easily broken. Some say it is not good to students' eyes. But only time will tell us all. Question: An e-schoolbag is _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"a small computer\"?\nNo\n------\nArticle: Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. People celebrate it in the United States, England,India and some other countries. Little by little, people in many other countries also celebrate it. Mother's Day is on the 2nd Sunday in May. On that day, many people give presents of love to their mothers. If their mothers are alive ,they often wear a pink or red rose or carnation .If their mothers are dead ,they wear a white one. The celebration of the first American Mother's Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular all over the country and around the world. In China, people do the same on the day for mothers. And in some cities, people sometimes ask a song to be broadcast for his or her mother only. Question: On that day, people give _ to their mothers. Yes or no, is the answer \"presents of love\"?\nYes\n------\nArticle: When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would write a note -- \"Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery\". Then she put the note and the empty bottles into the milk box. The next day, the buttermilk would magically appear. There was also a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box in the house, so that the milk wouldn't freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery. I am sad that there is no home milk delivery today. Big companies produce cheaper milk, and milk is for sale everywhere. People may not need the milkman anymore. Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside and it brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and put it outside the door. My son's friends always ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship with his milk. Question: The writer's mother put the note _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"into the milk box\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Let us begin by saying what does not cause our dreams. Our dreams do not come from \"another world \". They are not messages from outside source. They are not a look into the future , either . All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry , or tired or cold , his dreams may include a feeling of this kind .If the covers on your body , such as a quilt or a blanket have slipped off your bed , you may dream that you are sleeping on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experience you have today. So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you while you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now.This is why children are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school examinations, hungry people of food, home-sick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom. To show you how this is happening while you are asleep and how your needs and wishes can all be joined together in a dream , here is the story of the experiment.A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbed cotton.He would dream he was in hospital and his charming girlfriend was visiting him , sitting on the bed and feeling gently his hands! There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams mean.Their explanations of dreams , though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone but it offers an interesting approach to the problem.They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that do not come true.In other words, dreams are a way of having your wishes carried out.???\noutput answer: Question: Older children often dream of examinations probably because _ .Options:A they are interested in examsB they are often worried about their studiesC they hope for a better lifeD they show much interest in their studiesAnswer:B\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A Bite of China, featuring delicious Chinese food, has attracted countless viewers, and moved many to tears. A Bite of China is a serious documentary providing a unique view of Chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society from the view of food. The touching documentary reminds some people of their mother, and makes some realize that every grain comes from hard and laborious work. Some people see patriotism in the documentary, and some consider it a great cultural export. How did this documentary achieve a great influence beyond its subject matter in such a short time? \"It is not empty propaganda about China's splendid food culture. Instead, it shows the techniques used in making food and their production process as well as the lives of ordinary people, thus striking a chord with the audience,\" an Internet user said. The success of the documentary should be owed to sincerity and reality. Nowadays, many works of art that have high investment, high technology, and magnificent scenes lack nothing but sincerity and reality. A Bite of China shows that a commercial documentary promoting patriotism can be full of touching details, that the emotions of ordinary Chinese people should be exhibited even in publicizing China overseas, and that even a completely commercial program can achieve both artistic and commercial success. \"We made this documentary with our respect and love for food,\" said director Chen Xiaoqing. Being sincere is the most important thing for artists because they cannot move others unless they themselves are first moved, and cannot convince others unless they themselves are first convinced. Sincerity is the \"secret\" for making this documentary so popular, and every cultural creator should learn from its success.???\noutput answer: Question: According to the passage, A Bite of China is _ .Options:A a bookB a filmC a newspaperD a TV programAnswer:D\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: More men are finding their calling as nurses. A new study from the United States Census Bureau reports the number of male nurses has doubled since the l970s.Back then,about 2.7 percent of registered nurses were men.The new study,which tracked data through 2011,finds that men now make up 9.6 percent of all employed nurses in the United States about 330,000 men in total.Recent years of shortages have led to increased efforts,according to report,which included recruiting men into the field. Men,in fact,had been largely kept out of nursing in past decades because nursing schools often refused to admit men.The Supreme Court ruled that practice unconstitutional in l981 after a case involving a state nursing school. \"The ly high wages and expanding Job opportunities makes this field attractive,offering stability even during recessions ,\"wrote the report's author,Liana Christin Landivar of the U.S.Census Bureau,\"And because of high demand,nursing has low unemployment rates compared to other fields.'' Men were found to be more likely to become nurse anesthetists ,which is the highest paid nursing occupation,and were found least likely to become licensed practical or licensed vocational nurses,the lowest paid types of nursin9.Nurse anesthetists are required to get graduate education,and are certified to give anesthetists and monitor patients recovering from anesthesia.1Acensed practical and licensed vocational nurses provide patient care and may work under the supervision of a registered nurse.Registered nurses assess patient health problems and needs,develop and carry Out nursing care plans,maintain medical records,and administer care. For all types of nursing,men earned,on average,$60,700 per year,while women earned$51,100 per year.\"Even among men and women in the same nursing occupations,men outlearn women,\"wrote Landivar.???\noutput answer: Question: Which of the following is true about nurses in the US in the l 970s?Options:A The number of male nurses doubled.B About 2.7%of registered nurses were men.C There were about 330,000 male nurses,D About 9.6%of employed nurses were men.Answer:B\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Earlier, in the old days, women used to sit at home separated from the outside world. They used to manage the home and look after children. They were free of the responsibility of earning money to support the family, which was left to men. With the coming of industrialization and technological development, the lifestyles of human beings started to change. The needs of human beings started to grow. In this process, women slowly started to move outside the home. Women received the same education as men. Gradually, women slowly started to think independently and participated equally with men in all fields of life, including politics, sports and even military. With changing environments, the role of women has become more important in society. To match today's standard of living, it is necessary for both men and women to support the family. Today, women have been given bigger roles to play in society. They are even taking more responsibility than men. At first, men disagreed with women pursuing their careers outside the home. However, with growing needs and a shortage of money, they had no other way but to accept the reality. The financial contributions from women to their families have increased, but in some places, the home is still managed only by women as in the past. It is a challenging task for women to manage both. Women are bearing the stress and suffering mental difficulties with both managing the home and pursuing their careers.???\noutput answer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: The best title for the passage would be _ .Options:A Women's Responsibility in SocietyB The Changing Social EnvironmentsC The Changing Role of Women in SocietyD Women's Financial ContributionsAnswer:C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: Canada is a very large country .It is the second largest country in the world .By contrast it has a very small population . There are only about 29 million people there . Most Canadians are of British or French _ ,and French is an official language of Canada as well as English .About 45%of the people are of British origin ,that is ,they or their parents or grandparents , etc ,come from British . Nearly 30%are of French origin . Most of the French -Canadians live in province of Quebec . Over the years ,people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world .They are from many countries in the world .They are from most European countries and also from China, besides other Asian countries . However , Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive . Canadian Indians lived along the coast , by the rivers and lakes and in forests . Today , there are only about 350 000 Indians in the whole country , with their own languages . In the far north live the Inuit . There are only 27 000 Canadian-Inuit . Their life is hard in such a difficult climate . Question: About 23% of people came from _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"some other countries except France and Britain\"?\nNo\n\n\nArticle: Your House Will Take Care of You In Old Age Have you ever thought what your life would be like in old age? Everyone talks about the \"aging\" society with large numbers of elderly people needing home care. Now German researchers have set up a \"smart\"house, programmed to help the elderly live at home with dignity. Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute say the house combines existing technology with future-oriented technology. For example, the \"smart\"bathroom has a touch screen mirror that can remind people to take their medicine, wash their hands or brush their teeth. The hardware behind Fraunhofer's electronic bathroom is not new, and the software runs on a regular personal computer. When the medicine cabinet is opened, a display in the middle of the mirror tells the person how many pills to take. The mirror is linked to a care provider, who can remotely check whether a patient at home is actually taking medicine and brushing his or her teeth. As many elderly people have arthritic conditions that make it difficult to operate water taps, the mirror also has displays that turn the water tap on or off or control the water temperature. The bathroom is only the start. Kitchens, bedrooms and all other parts of the intelligent\"home will become \"user-friendly\"to meet all kinds of individual needs. Sensors in doors, toilets, taps, light switches and carpets detect every activity and record them electronically. Doctors or care staff can see from the computer records what personal hygiene tasks have been completed, how often the elderly person visits the bathroom or uses the toilet. In case of an emergency, the computer automatically alerts the chosen contact person or calls the care center. Question: How is the passage mainly developed? Yes or no, is the answer \"By listing examples.\"?\nNo\n\n\nQ: Article: Dick was a twenty-year-old man. His father was a teacher and taught chemistry in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop. They lived a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out. Luckily his sister took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home. Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble. Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life. His sister was so sad that she became a nun . After he finished middle school, he was introduced to an owner of a hotel and began to work there. One day the young man fell to the ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor. He was sent to the hospital and the doctor looked him over. One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital. He said to the nurse, \"I'm a poor man, madam. Arrange a third-class ward for me, please.\" \"Can't anybody help you?\" \"No, madam,\" answered Dick. \"I have only a sister. She's a nun and she's poor, too.\" \"I don't think so,\" the nurse said angrily. \"Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!\" \"Well, then,\" Dick said with a smile. \"Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill to my brother-in-law.\" Question: The sister and brother lived a hard life because _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"they lost all in the earthquake\"?\nA: Yes\n\n\nArticle: Every school has an ugly girl. In my primary school, it was me. From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step. \"Hey, Bigfoot!\" \"Geez, you're going to start an earthquake!\" Then in sixth grade I had to start wear glasses. Mom asked for the least expensive ones and that made me look like a fool. \"Four eyes!\" \"Couldn't you cover up more of your faces? Why stop at the eyes?\" In Seventh, I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face. Wrong again. I loved being fast and winning ribbons now and then, but now I had red, wet eyes from the chlorine in the pool. I also did not develop a killer body. I changed my strategy at Eighth grade, the last year of middle school. I offered my help to anyone who needs. I worked for other girls, so they could hang out with their friends. My new program began to work. People who would never have acknowledged my existence before were suddenly seeking me out. I'd been feeling pretty good until one day I went to Christine's house to help her fill envelopes. Going into each envelope was invitation to Christine's birthday party; it was a big event at a fancy hotel. Complete with dinner. She asked me to help her address these envelopes. There was no envelope for me. My heart was broken. I tried to escape from all the eyes. High school had to be better, right? Yes and no. Now that I'm here, I know there are still lots of shallow people judging you on what you're wearing or how cool your hair is , but there are also kids who talk to you because they liked your answers or just as you're kind, honest, and a good friend. I still do kind things because I like the feeling I get when I am helping people. I, with my friends, went to Children's hospital, playing games and reading to the sick kids. I still had wet red and not a smart look, but you cannot tell me I am not beautiful. Every time I visit... Question: Why was Morri laughed at by her classmates when she was in primary school? Yes or no, is the answer \"She had weak ankles and eyesight.\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yes", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: One dollar a week The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff 'White, comes in. WHITE What are you doing this evening, Towers? CHANDLER (Smiling) Tonight I'm going to live like a man with a million dollars! WHITE What are you talking about? You haven't got a million dollars! CHANDLER How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff? WHITE Eighteen dollars. Why? CHANDLER And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week? WHITE All of it, of course. CHANDLER Well, I don't. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then, every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember. WHITE What do you do? CHANDLER I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York, eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and then take a taxi home! WHITE ( _ ) Why? CHANDLER Why? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of 'the richest people in America, and to make them think that I'm rich, too. WHITE You're crazy! CHANDLER (Laughing) Perhaps I am! Mrs Black comes in. MRS BLACK Ah, Mr Chandler. I wanted to see you. CHANDLER Good evening, Mrs Black. What a lovely evening! MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven't paid me for your room this month. When am I going to get the money? CHANDLER Soon, Mrs Black. Very soon. Mrs Black looks at Chandler s clothes. MRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can't pay for your room. Is that right? CHANDLER (Hurrying away) Good night, Mrs Black! Question: What can we learn about Chandler? Answer:\n\nA: He is not very practical.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: My name is Ben. I live with my brother, mother and father in a flat. There are 27 floors in the tall building. My apartment is on the top floor. My father has a car .He parks it in the basement of the building. Our apartment is not in the centre of the city. It is 4 kilometers from the centre. My father works in the city, so he goes to work by train every day. He doesn't often drive his car. He uses his car only at weekends. He takes us into the country or to the beach on Saturdays or Sundays. Our apartment has three bedrooms. There is a bedroom for my mother and father, one for me and one for my brother. There is also a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom in the apartment. We do not have a garden, but there is a small balcony. There are some plants on the balcony. Question: Where does Ben's family grow flowers? _ Answer:\n\nA: On the balcony.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: This summer, Liu Hongcan, a 30-year-old Chongqing woman, had to say goodbye to her daughter again. She sent her little girl to Guizhou province to stay with her daughter's grandparents for the summer vacation _ in Chongqing. A list of \"hottest cities\" in China came out last month. Chongqing is No.1 on the list. Fuzhou and Hangzhou take the second and third place. The list is based on a \"heat index\" .It uses temperature and humidity date 1981 to 2011.The scientists tried to learn how hot the weather was over a period of time, and find out how people feel. High humidity will stop heat leaving the body. It makes people feel worse on high-temperature. Dryness, on the other hand, can allow heat to leave the body. In July this year, Chongqing saw 25 days of high temperature (over 35degC). Forty-eight people in the city had heatstroke from the start of April to the middle of August, the local health bureau said. Chongqing people have to look for different ways to cool down. Throwing themselves into water is a good choice. Lin Jing, a worker at the Caribbean Water Park has received more guests this summer than before. About 15,000 people have visited the park a day during this year's hot season. Question: According to the temperature, the order is _ . Answer:\n\nA: Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: As time goes by, sports have become more and more important in people's modern life. People take part in different kinds of sports, like football, basketball, table tennis, swimming and so on. Sports are popular all over the world. People also like watching sports matches . Sports stars are very popular with people, especially students. There are sports matches all over the world nearly every year, but the most important and famous is the Olympic Games. Every player wants to win the game. At that time all sports fans sit in front of TVs to watch games. Some even go to the stadium to watch. Why are sports so popular? Because sports can keep our body strong. Do you like playing sports? How often do you exercise? ,. Question: The Olympic Games are _ . Answer:\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "sports matches", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: With both hands resting on top of the steering wheel, Oshima looks over at me: \"That's where you will be living now, Kafka. In the room where Miss Saeki used to spend time with her boyfriend. As I said, there is some change to the library, but it's the very same room. \" Silence on my part. \"Miss Saeki's life stopped at age 20,when her lover died. No, maybe not age 20, maybe much earlier... I don't know the details, but you need to know of this. The hands of the clock inside her soul stopped then. Time outside, of course, flows on as always, but she isn't affected by it. For her, what we consider normal time is meaningless.\" \"Meaningless?\" Oshima nods. \"Like it doesn't exist. \" \"What you're saying is Miss Saeki still lives in that frozen time?\" \"Exactly. When you get to know her better you'll understand.\" Oshima reaches out and lays a hand on my knee on a totally natural gesture. \"Kafka,in everybody's life there's a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can't go forward any more. And when you reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That's how we survive.\" We're about to get onto the main highway. \"There's one other thing I'd like you to know of,\" he goes on. \"Miss Saeki has a wounded heart. To some degree that's true of all of us. But Miss Saeki has a special wound that goes beyond the usual meaning of the term. Her soul moves in mysterious ways. I'm not saying she's dangerous-don't get me wrong. On a day-to-day level she's certainly got her act together, probably more than anyone else I know. She's attractive, deep, smart. But just don't let it worry you if you notice something strange about her sometimes.\" \"Strange?\" I can't help asking. Oshima shakes his head. \"I really like Miss Saeki, and respect her. I'm sure you'll come to feel the same way.\" This doesn't really answer my question, but Oshima doesn't say anything. Question: The conversation takes place_. - in a library - in a moving car - where Miss Saeki used to spend time with her boyfriend - where Kafka lives\n(A).\nin a moving car\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Every year on April 1, April Fools' Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. In France, it's called Poisson d'Avril or \"Fish of April.\" In Scotland, the holiday is often called \"Gowkie Day.\" In Iraq, the holiday is called Kithbet Neesan or \"April Lie.\" History experts say people have celebrated April Fools' Day for a long time. Some believe the tradition comes from the ancient Romans more than two thousand years ago. It was a day of playing games and pretending to be someone else. Others say the day for fooling began in France in 1564, when King Charles changed the yearly calendar . He moved New Year's Day from April 1 to January 1. Many people did not know about the change because of communication problems back then. Some people continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people called them April Fools and played jokes on them. In the United States, April Fools' Day is just a day of joking and playing tricks on friends. These kinds of jokes are also called pranks. These jokes typically end in the prankster shouting \"April Fools'!\" Simple pranks, like telling a friend a funny lie or making prank phone calls, are still common. But, major companies also get in on April Fools' Day fun in a much bigger way. A few years ago, on April 1, Starbucks announced it was introducing new coffee cup sizes -- Plenta and Micra. The very large cups, bigger than a human head, remained useful for customers even after finishing all that coffee. According to Starbucks, the cups could be used as a rain hat, a pot for plants, or a lampshade . It did not take long for customers to catch on to the prank! More and more, people use social media or smart phone apps to play pranks on their friends on April Fools' Day. One very annoying smart phone app, Cat Facts, sends funny facts about cats to your friends' phones, every day. Question: In the United States, April Fools' Day is _ . - a day of joking and playing tricks on friends. - a day when you can play jokes on any people. - a day when people can't shout \"April Fools'!\" - a day when Starbucks introduced new coffee.\n(A).\na day of joking and playing tricks on friends.\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: During my early twenties, to make my parents stop feeling angry, and simply to escape, I decided to live in my birthplace for a period of time, something I'd sworn I would never do. My parents were thrilled. They prayed that I'd come back triumphantly with a picture-perfect bridegroom. That was the furthest thing from my mind as I packed my faded jeans, tank tops, boots, and a photo of my freckle-faced then-boyfriend who was of Scottish descent. The moment I landed in Seoul, I was aware of how much I felt like a misfit. All my life I had tried to blend into the dominant culture and couldn't. And finally, when I was in a place where everyone looked like me, I still stood out. I took it for granted that I'd feel a sense of freedom. I thought I'd blend into the landscape. This was not the case. People stared at me with curious eyes. I became conscious of my American-girl swaggering body movements and inappropriate dress. Collecting my courage, I traveled to the demilitarized zone on my own. I touched the high barbed-wire fence that stretched across the belly of the peninsula , dividing Korea in half. I visited thousand-year-old temples and magnificent palace gates that had survived modernization and centuries of battle. I met with distant cousins who welcomed me with outstretched arms into their homes and related heroic tales about my mother and Halmoni (Grandmother) during the war. How Halmoni had led her young children out of north to the United Nation-backed south. How my mother, at the age of thirteen, saved the life of her baby sister. I listened with such an overwhelming thirst that when I returned to the States a year and a half later, I began to ask my parents and Halmoni (who had immigrated to the States some time after we did) all about the past. The past was no longer a time gone by, a dead weight. I now saw that it held ancient treasures. And the more I dug and discovered, the more I felt myself being steered toward a future I had never imagined for myself. I began to write. I didn't even know I... Question: What was the author's attitude toward the ancient monuments she visited in Korea? - She was curious about their original functions. - She was astonished at their size. - She admired their capacity to endure. - She was surprised at their beauty.\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "She admired their capacity to endure.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "IN: What happens next?\n\nHow to darn pointe shoes \nGather your darning materials. \nTo darn your pointe shoes you will need a few important materials. You will need : \nPointe shoes a large, thick sewing needle or curved needle wool or cotton embroidery thread (approximately two arms-length of thread) scissors a thimble (optional ) \nThread the needle.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- You will need to thread approximately two arms-length or about three feet of thread. Insert your darning thread through the eye of the needle.\n- Thread the needle with the fabric of the pointe shoes. Tie off any excess thread so that it cannot get tangled.\n- Make sure that you thread the needle through a thick bead or pin. Ensure that it is the size that you will need.\n- The needle should be able to hang down straight behind you without dragging on the edge of the shoe. The needle should be straight ahead of you, like a classical hourglass.\n\nOUT: You will need to thread approximately two arms-length or about three feet of thread. Insert your darning thread through the eye of the needle.\n\nProblem: How does the next paragraph end?\n\nShe goes back and forth and side to side in slow motion. The friends look back to see how she is doing. a young man\n\nOPTIONS:\n- and his buddies run down a hallway.\n- is then shown in a closet talking to a camera.\n- rides the lawn mower through the branches of the wild flowers.\n- is shown skiing on the water and is doing a great job.\nA: is shown skiing on the water and is doing a great job.\n\nIN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:\nHow to reduce default rates using text messages \nVerify your customers' contact details. \nThe level of fraud in the uk is growing and short-term loan providers are one of the easiest targets for fraudsters. To avoid fraudulent activity in your business, make sure you verify each customer who signs up on your website is a genuine customer in search of a loan.\nOPTIONS:\n- When customer signs up on your website, make sure that you have all the correct contact details that are unique and belong to the specific customer who is applying for a loan. This includes all contact details, including a home telephone number and mobile number.\n- A list of the contacts in your account will be displayed whenever customers sign up. Determine how many contacts you have on your website.\n- Check your website's privacy policy carefully or go online and click the \" unknown people \" link below. Enter your customer information at https: // pv.\n- Read the first page of the website to make sure there are no missing links. If you see anyone who appears in your search results, their website should contain information indicating their true identity.\n\nOUT: When customer signs up on your website, make sure that you have all the correct contact details that are unique and belong to the specific customer who is applying for a loan. This includes all contact details, including a home telephone number and mobile number.\n\nQuestion:\nMulti-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:\n\nA black screen appears and the yellow words appear on them read \"extreme how-to presents\". the second black screen\n\nOPTIONS:\n- appears in which are the bloopers too and all the products.\n- appears so she gets her father to put the attachment and various other components of the design cake into the price let her put it but she has some other things in there too, a round object and a plastic tube with sticky cream on it.\n- has yellow words that read \" installing heated floor tile \".\n- shows also the graphic of a small, white triangle shaped training vehicle that is squatting on a snow covered snow covered field and shows dumbing dumbbel dumbbel dumbbel dumbbel dumbbel dumbbel dumbbel dumbbel and how to use it, and the title of the video is displayed on the screen.\n****\nAnswer:\nhas yellow words that read \" installing heated floor tile \".\n\nProblem: What happens next in this paragraph?\n\nA second bowl is shown with ingredients added and then mixed. The second bowl is mixed into the first bowl. the mixture\nOPTIONS:\n- is mixed with the second bowl, followed by more blended ingredients, and the final product is shown.\n- is covered by plastic wrap.\n- then boils in three bowls.\n- is blended, then put in the large squash salad.\nA: is covered by plastic wrap.\n\nShe is talking on the cell phone. She is riding in a car. She is laying on a chair getting her foot tattooed. she\n\nOPTIONS:\n- is bleeding on the car.\n- is showing her foot tattoo.\n- is talking to the camera again in between mixes.\n- is bored out of her mind.\n\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "is showing her foot tattoo.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: If your family is thinking of getting a pet, consider adopting from an animal shelter. Animal shelters are full of dogs, cats, rabbits, and more animals, all in need of loving homes. Some may come with emotional or behavioral issues, but most are happy, healthy, and ready for a loving home. Here are some tips for you to find great animals. Make some decision. Think about what you want in a pet and remember that all pets have different personalities. Cats tend to be more independent and need less affection, but kittens need lots of attention. Cats don't need to be walked, but you need to clip their nails and play with them. Dogs need to be walked at the very least twice a day. However, they are usually great companions and love to spend time with their family. Visit the shelter. Set aside at least a few hours to visit shelters in your area--remember that you may need to visit more than one visit. Try to bring along everyone who will be living with a new pet. Ask the shelter staff lots of questions. And never adopt an animal because you feel sorry for it--be patient so you find a pet who is truly a good match for your family. Get everything ready. Buy all necessary supplies and food well before the animal comes home. Make sure that the entire household is in agreement about rules and responsibilities--will the dog be allowed on the couch? Who will clean the litter box? Put it in writing before the pet arrives. Bring your new friend home! You'll probably be excited when your new pet arrives, but be sure to give them space and time to get adjusted to a new home and a new family. The pet may act differently once they leave the shelter. Interact with your pet a lot and get them used to a routine, and soon you'll be one big happy family ! Question: Which of the following is the first important factor should be considered when adopting a pet? Options: A: Think twice about the adoption. B: Get detailed information about the pets. C: Make full preparations for the coming pet. D: Try to make the pet your family member.\n\nAns:A\n-----\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Tomato Festival Started in 2005, the Tomato Festival has grown into a local tradition in Malta. In recent years, the festival has added amusement park-style rides and a yearly Creature Feature, which screens old horrible movies.There are also dance competitions, parades and pancake breakfast.Third weekend in August. Address: 833 Tinkham Rd, Fountain Park, Wilbra-ham, Massachusetts 01095 Phone: (413)599-0010 Brat Days Don't mistake this festival for a day filled with poorly behaved children. Begun in 1953, the gathering is the biggest festival in the city each year and features more than 50 stands selling the sausage, as well as a contest to see who can quickly eat the most bratwurst in ten minutes.Early August. Address: 17th and New Jersey sts, Kiwanis Park, She boygan, Wisconsin 53081 Phone: (920)457-9491 Hope Watermelon Festival The festival dates back to the 1920s, when many trains went through this small town and local watermelon growers would sell their watermelon to _ travelers.These days, the festival sees a Watermelon Queen crowned and sometimes a world-record watermelon grown.There are also more than 300 stands selling arts and crafts from a six-state area, as well as a car show and the Watermelon Olympics.Early August. Address: 108 W 3rd St, Hope, Arkansas 71801 Phone: (870) 777-3640 Oyster Festival Featuring appearances from tall ships and oyster boats, this festival has regularly drawn 60,000 visitors a year since it began in 1978.More than 3,000 volunteers make the festival possible each year.Norwalk is less than a two-hour drive from many of New England's larger cities, making it easy to attend the festival during a trip to New York or Hartford.Weekend after Labor Day. Address: Sea view Ave, Veteran's Park, East Nor-walk, Connecticut 06855 Phone: (800) 866-7925 Question: If it is August 15 today this year, you might still attend _ . Options: A: Brat Days B: Oyster Festival C: Hope Watermelon Festival D: Tomato Festival\n\nAns:D\n-----\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Miss sending letters? Try Lettrs! This new service brings back the art of letter writing by marrying it to the Internet. Lettrs, a new site, is attempting to bring back the old-fashioned idea of letter writing by providing a space that feels a little bit like a writing desk. Of course, there'll be purists who say that to truly enjoy letter writing you must do it on fancy letter paper and envelope in the mail is part of the fun. And if you're into that sort of thing, go for it. But I can't be the only one who is now so much faster at typing that writing by hand is painfully slow. Nor can I be the only one who likes to write on a whim when I'm going to be on a crowded train or airplane, both of which are situations where writing on the computer is far easier. The site tries, pretty seriously, to approximate what it's like to have your very own writing desk and paper to choose from (which comes in various prints and colors) as well as corresponding types of prints and cursive writing that come out on your screen as you write. There's also a \"desk drawer\" for letters you've already sent, a \"fridge\" to post letters publicly, a \"kitchen counter\" for letters you have just received, and \"shoebox\" to store your letters in. And if you need inspiration there are even old-style letters that are great examples of the kind of correspondence people used to send. Lettrs is such a great idea, because you get the best parts of communicating online (typing rather than writing, the speed, no lost mail, and it's free! ) with the nice parts of a letter-the sense of sitting down to write, quietly, to one person in a meaningful way. Who would you write to? Question: A Lettrs user can find a newly received letter in or on a\" _ \". Options: A: desk drawer B: fridge C: kitchen counter D: shoebox\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: Second Life is a three-dimensional , online world in which computer users can crate a new self and live a different life . Second Life is one of the most popular new online games called \" massively multiplayer online role playing games .\" These games are also called MMOs , for short . But unlike the other MMOs, Second Life is not about winning or losing . Second Life technically a computer game . But people involved in it do not consider it a game because the players create everything . Second Life is more for socializing and creating communities . Users of Second Life are called residents . To take part , they must create an _ or an electronic image of themselves . Second Life world , residents live different versions of themselves . They build homes , run businesses , buy and sell things , work , play , and attend school . They even have relationships and get married . Second Life was created in two thousand three by Linden Lab in San inprefix = st1 /San Francisco,California. Linden Lab controls the Web site where the ever0vhanging world is being created . There are now about one million people around the world who are active in Second Life . The number has grown quickly since the beginning of the year when there were about one hundred thousand users . The average age of people involved with Second Life is about thirty . However ,. Linden Lab recently created Teen Second Life for younger users . Second Life has its own economy and its own money , calledLindendollars . Millions of dollars are made and spent each month in Second Life Users can enter Second Life free . But they must pay for a membership if they want to own land or buy and sell goods and services . Recently , several major companies have become involved with Second Life . They wanted to be part of the growing business world that exists within the made-up reality . The car makerToyota, music producer Sony BNG , and even Reuters news agency are among businesses now existing within Second Life . Question: Which of the following statements is WRONG about Linden lab ? Yes or no, is the answer \"Linden Lab first created Second Life for the people who are thirty years old\"?\nYes\n------\nArticle: At present, in many American cities especially, many teachers in the public schools say they are underpaid. They point to jobs such as secretary or truck driver, which often pay more to start than of a teacher. In many other fields, such as law, medicine, computer science, a beginning worker may make more than a teacher who has taught for several years. Teaching has never been a profession that attracted people interested in high salaries. It is by history a profession that has provided rewards in addition to money--the satisfaction of sharing knowledge, of influencing others, of guiding young people. But in the past several years, there are more difficulties in teaching, for many, than there are rewards. Unruly students, especially in big cities, large classes and a lack of support from the public in terms of money and understanding have led many public school teachers to leave the profession. As a result, many of the best students, who would have chosen teaching as their life career in the past, are going into other fields. Another reason for this change in teacher candidates is the changing status of women in the United States. Until the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most popular choices for women was teaching. But as other professions, such as law and medicine opened up to women, women stopped pouring into teacher training programs. Thus, a major pool of excellent candidates for the teaching profession dwindled. Bit by bit government officials and others realized that the status of the teacher had suffered. They talked about change. But the change in a vast society like the United States is not easy. People's attitudes have formed over many years, and sometimes change takes many years. Question: Many public school teachers turn to other professions because _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"the difficulties of teaching as well as a lack of money, support and understanding\"?\nYes\n------\nArticle: I was gazing out the window of the plane, when I felt a powerful jolt as if a truck had hit us from behind.Following Les and Randy I jumped into the lake. Twenty minutes later, in the icy cold water, I felt _ , I couldn't last much longer.But I thought of the difficult situations I'd gone through.I wasn't going to die.I swam for more than an hour till I reached shore.There were Randy and Les, alive but in bad shape. \"We're going to have to pull through the night.\" I told them.\"Do you think we're gonna make it?\" Les asked.I hesitated, because I had never felt worse.\"Yes,\" I replied encouragingly.We built a shelter with rocks I gathered nearby and made a fire to keep warm.Over and over I told myself, \"We're going to make it.God will help us.\" Next morning, we scanned the water, trying to spot a fisherman.A couple of hours later a boat came into view.We waved and shouted.The boat moved across the water till we could no longer see it.We spotted a second one.Same deal.Then another boat.Randy ran about a mile after the boat along the shore.Finally they spotted him. \"It's a miracle,\" one fisherman said after listening to our story.\"We're here for a fishing tournament.This spot never has fish this time of year.But for some reason I thought it necessary to check it out.You should have been senseless after 30 minutes in that water.No way you should have made it.\" That's my most recent brush with death.Fight to survive.That's what it takes to be a true survivor. Question: Which of the following best describes their survival? Yes or no, is the answer \"Fortune favors those fighting to survive.\"?\nNo\n------\nArticle: Wanted, Someone for a Kiss We're looking for producers to join us on the sound of London Kiss 100 FM. You'll work on the station's music programs. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100. Father Christmas We're looking for a very special person, preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit. Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December 17 to December 24 except Sundays, 10:30-16:00. Excellent pay. Please contact the Enterprise Shopping Centre, Station Parade, Eastbourne. Accountants Assistant When you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience. Wealden District Council. Software Trainer If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in program writing. You will be allowed to make your own decisions, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of PS15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV to Mrs R.Oglivie, Palmlace Limited. Question: What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited? Yes or no, is the answer \"One having good computer knowledge.\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A prosperous moneylender bought a house located right next door to the house of a tanner .From morning till evening the tanner change hide into leather by treating it with tannin .From day one the moneylender was put off by the unpleasant smells of the tannery. So,he visited the tanner's house and offered to buy his house.\"I would love to sell the house if you buy it,\" said the tanner.He didn't want to do any such thing but he liked to play tricks.\"Give me a week or so to deal with some things,will you?\"The moneylender agreed and went away. A week later,the overpowering smell coming from the tannery brought the moneylender to the tanner's doorstep again.\"I understand sir,\" said the tanner with wideeyed sympathy.\"But my mother is visiting me this week.I can't sell the house until she goes away.Please wait for a month.\" The moneylender agreed with great reluctance.He began to wait eagerly for the guest's departure.In the beginning he counted each day,impatiently waiting for one to finish and the other to begin.After a while,he found he was no longer so interested in the month coming to an end.He had simply forgotten about it. He did not ask the tanner to leave when they met next,either.You see,by then the moneylender had become accustomed to the tanyard's smell.\"What have you done to drive away that terrible smell?\" he asked the tanner.\"Have you reduced the solution?\" The tanner smiled and nodded.He had been waiting for the day the moneylender would get used to the smells from the tannery and stop bothering him.That was why he had asked the moneylender to wait in the first place. Question: From the passage we can know the tanner was _ . Options: A: a funny man B: a wise man C: an honest man D: a friendly man\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: To protect you and your fellow passengers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA ) is required by law to inspect all checked baggage. As part of this process, some bags are opened and inspected. Your bag was among those selected for inspection. During the inspection, your bag and its contents may have been searched for items forbidden by law such as fireworks, fuels, gunpowder, etc. At the completion of the inspection, the contents were returned to your bag, which was resealed with a \"special\" lock. If the TSA screener was unable to open your bag for inspection because it was locked, the screener may have been forced to break the locks on your bag. TSA sincerely regrets having to do this, and has taken care to reseal your bag upon completion of inspection. However, TSA is not _ for damage to your locks resulting from this necessary security precaution. For packing tips and other suggestions that may assist you during your next trip, visit: We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact the Transportation Security Administration Consumer Response Center: Phone: toll-free at (866) 289-9673 Email: *Section 110(b)of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, 49, U. S. C.SS44901(c)-(e) Question: The leaflet is most probably provided by TSA to those who _ . Options: A: refused to check in their baggage B: had their baggage selected for inspection C: kept some damaged items in their baggage D: left their baggage unlocked\nB\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: After serving as a ski guide in Utah's back country for more than two decades, a Park City woman is being recognized by Outside Magazine as 2015's Best Ski Guide. Deb Lovci grew up in Colorado and began skiing when she was five years old. Later she moved to Utah and fell in love with the back country of Wasatch Mountains. Lovci has now served as a Ski Utah Interconnect guide for 27 years. \"Anything that you slide on snow, I'm in love with, \" she said. Lovci leads ski tours through the back country of six different resorts located in the Wasatch Mountains. Lovci typically takes a group of eight to ten people on a ski tour each day, and on average, she takes 300 customers on tours through the back country each season. She loves showing off Utah's wilderness. \"I love the back country,\" she said. \"I love the snow science behind it. I love the safety ... I just love it.\" Along with leading ski tours, Lovci is passionate about anything related to activities. She also runs a bed-and-breakfast in Park City, the Old Town Guest House. As \" _ \", she also runs Alpine skis, Nordic skis competitively, and snowboards, and leads mountain bike tours during the summer. Outside Magazine selected five travel guides in various outdoor fields to name as the best in their Best of Travel April issue. Lovci said she was unexpectedly cheerful when she was selected as 2015's Best Ski Guide by Outside Magazine. \"We all work really hard in what we do and we love it and it's really nice to get acknowledged,\" she said. \"I work with a lot of excellent guides and the award could have gone to anybody -- any one of us. I often recall my ski experiences which were fearful at the beginning, but they helped me achieve a success.\" In a news release, Ski Utah director of communications, Paul Marshall said, \"Deb Lovci is one of the most enthusiastic, focused, knowledgeable guides in the industry. Without her as the forefront of our Interconnect Tour, we would not have the success we have. She has been an enthusiastic part of the Interconnect Tour... Question: What helped Deb Lovci to be selected as 2015's Best Ski Guide? Options: A: Her being ready for any ski risks. B: Her love for Utah's wilderness and her ski experiences. C: Her dreaming of the best ski job on the planet. D: Her gender and age.\nA: B\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Tile Spring Festival is almost over,but the celebrations are continuing.The Chinese embassy in Sydney have devoted a day to celebrating the Spring Festival and Chinese culture. Tile carnival features a series of cultural performances and demonstrations,bringing the Spring Festival fun to Sydney.Over the past four years,the annual event has become popular not only with tile Chinese community but also with locals.And some have even set up their own stalls to allow more people to learn about China and the country's culture. This is my second time to have a stand here,but I've been here many times before.\"said Carole Kyle from Sydney.Carole has brought along some brochures about Project Hope which supports Chinese students who drop out of school due to poverty. China's Ambassador to Australia Ma Zhao xu hopes that this kind of event will facilitate a dialogue between people from the two countries. \"In Chinese culture,we appreciate unity without uniformity,and harmony in diversity. Australian culture welcomes cultural diversity,so that is a good foundation for Sino-Australian relations,to further our understandings and strengthen our friendship.\"Ma said. Sydney's mayor Clover Moore was also present and echoed Ma's view. \"In fact we have Chinese living in Australia since the middle of the 19th century,so it goes way back and there has been a strong link between China and Australia for many many years.We have a very ancient culture here,the aboriginal culture.You have a very ancient culture in China.We'd like to marry those two and celebrate them.\"Moore said. A centre about Chinese culture in Sydney is also set to have a test run in March,and will be the biggest of its kind in the Oceania region. Question: What is the text mainly concerned about? Options: A: Huge fun of the Chinese culture. B: The history of Australia and China. C: Conversations between two countries. D: Celebrations of Chinese culture held in Sydney.\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Amy is short-sighted, so she wears glasses. But she doesn't wears glasses when she is with her fried, Jack. When Jack comes to her house to take her out, she takes her glasses off. When she gets bake ,she puts on the glasses. One day, Amy's mother asks her ,\"Why don't you wear your glasses when you are with Jack? He takes you to see many ;lovely places in his car, but you can't see anything clearly.\"Amy says, \"He thinks I look more lovely when I'm not wearing my glasses and I think he looks better, too.\" Amy thinks Jack looks better when _ . A) she sees everything B) she doesn't see anything clearly C) Jack sees everything clearly D) Jack doesn't see anything clearly\nB\n\n\n(Question)\nIn 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837.That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading-room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. The kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all round the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In about 1840, photography was developed . Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike . Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just taken of the real world, they showed ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art. The Daguerreotype was _ . A) a Frenchman B) a kind of picture C) a kind of camera D) a photographer\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\nQues: The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it running towards him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver's face clearly. \"Where have I seen that face before?\" he though. \"Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper!\" He took all the newspapers from his bag and turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of the face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small eyes, and his eyes were behind dark glasses. \"Wanted by the police,\" read by Jack. \"The city Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man.\" \"Call the police at once,\" he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad. \"This man was caught this morning,\" answered the police. What would the person get if he caught the man the police wanted? A) A lot of English cars. B) A lot of money. C) A lot of American cars. D) A lot of newspapers.\nAns: B\n\n\n(Q).\nAmericans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working America has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with activities. In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also hate time, for they feel they have become servants of the clock. A working American has to work _ days a week in his working time. A) seven B) six C) five D) four\n(A).\nC\n\n\nQues:Dear Anna, It is nice to see the photo of your room. Here is a photo of my room. These are my bed and my desk. My clock and some books are on the desk. Sometimes the books are on the bed. I like _ books on the bed. Oh, that is my hat on the bed. It is yellow. My quilt is yellow, too. My schoolbag is on the sofa. It is green. I take it to school every day. Yours, Mona . The letter is from _ . A) Anna B) Mona C) Allan D) Emma\n\nAns:B\n\n\nStrong earthquakes hit the east of Japan in the afternoon of March 11, causing several meter-high tsunami , which killed more than 10,000 people in areas along the coast. Several nuclear plants at the coast were broken by the earthquake and tsunami. People living near the plants have been asked to move away. People living within 30 kilometers of the first plant are asked to stay indoors and close all windows. The breaking of the nuclear plants is causing electricity shortages in Eastern Japan. As a result, electricity is cut off for 3-hour periods in the area of Tokyo and some other areas during daytime. In order to save electricity, some shops, restaurants and tourist places in the areas are closed for some time every day. But all major airports and train lines are still open and operating. For the above reasons, tourists are _ not to visit the eastern areas in the near future. Visits to Western Japan are not affected by the event. People who plan to travel over the coming weeks and months are advised to pay attention to the situation for a few more days before making decisions. People living near the plants were asked to move away because _ . A) there would be more earthquakes and tsunamis B) several nuclear plants had been broken C) there were serious electricity shortages D) their houses were washed away by the tsunami\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Sourcing Assistant Needed Time: 28 March-27 September, 2011 Indian company's Shanghai office is looking for a local Chinese girl, who can speak fluent English, and has at least one year experience in trading business. Main responsibilities are: sourcing for new suppliers, factory visiting, negotiating and orders following up. Interested candidates can email me you expected salary, resume and current photo to: _ , Miss Wang for more details. Senior Interior Designer Time: 10 January-09 June, 2011 Reply to: _ RHK Design is seeking a Senior Interior Designer for our corporate projects. Your primary role is to work closely with our American and European clients to deliver the international design solution they require. You must have an ability to work with 8 individual managers to negotiate space needs and requirements, and communicate your designs to your design support team.In-depth knowledge of interesting and innovative materials is required. Travel throughout China may be required. Customer Service Assistant Time: 01 February-31 August, 2011 Reply to: _ Type of job: Full-time Requirements: --B.A. or B.S.degree; foreigners only: --One year's working experience desired, preferably in customer service or hospitality industry --Responsible, pleasant personality and self-motivated. --Good communication and interpersonal skills --Good command of both spoken and written English; Putonghua is an advantage but not a must Work Load: 5-day-work; national holidays Monthly Salary: Around RMB 8-10 K Female English Tutor Needed Time: 05 January-01 October, 2011 Reply to: _ A 10 -year-old girl is looking for an oral English tutor Time: twice a week, in the evening and weekend, 1.5 hrs at a time Rate: 200/h Requirements: From America: female; experienced Options: A RHK Design deals with business only from European countries B to be a sourcing assistant, you need to be very persuasive C to be a Customer Service Assistant, you must speak Putonghua D a girl from Beijing is very likely to be employed by the Indian Company Answer: B to be a sourcing assistant, you need to be very persuasive Question:???\noutput answer: We can know from the four ads that _ .\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person . Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark, Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays. Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step . \"What have I done wrong ?\" Mr. Dodds asked himself . \"Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?\" \"Hello, Uncle ,\" said the policeman,\" My name is Mark.\" Options: A he has not forgotten Mark's seventeenth birthday. B he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday C he always sent a Christmas card on Mark's birthday D he always sent Mark something on his birthday Answer: D he always sent Mark something on his birthday Question:???\noutput answer: \"He has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays\" means _ .\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: You know Australia is a big country, but you may not know how easy it is to get around. The _ beaches that go for miles and deserts that touch the horizon are just there, waiting to be reached and explored. The following are the different ways you can explore our vast country. Getting around Australia Air Flying is the best way to cover large distances in a short time. You can spend more time on the Australia's can't-miss landscapes and relaxing lifestyle. Moreover, competition among airlines makes great flying fees available for you. Drive Australia has a vast network of well-maintained roads and some of the most beautiful touring routes in the world. You have no difficulty finding car rental companies at major airports, central city locations, suburbs and attractions. Bus Bus travel in Australia is comfortable, easy and economical. Buses generally have air conditioning, reading lights, adjustable seats and videos. Services are frequent, affordable and efficient. Rail Train travel is the cheapest and gives you an insight into Australia's size and variety, all from the comfort of your carriage. Scheduled services are a great way to get quickly between our cities and regional centers. Ferry The Spirit of Tasmania runs a passenger and vehicle ferry service between Melbourne and Tasmania nightly. Extra services are running during summer rush hours. Sealink ferries connect South Australia and Kangaroo Island several times a day. Ferries connect suburbs in our capital cities. Walk With easy on the feet pedestrian streets, walking is a great way to get around our cities. Besides all the above, you can also experience some of the longest tracks and trails in the world in central Australia--impressive journeys of a thousand kilometers or more that can take several weeks to complete. Options: A pedestrian walking is a great way to travel between cities B walking in central Australia takes a long time C central Australia has the world's longest railway line D you have to walk over a thousand kilometers in Australia Answer: B walking in central Australia takes a long time Question:???\noutput answer: From the passage, we know that _ .\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: In England, afternoon tea is the most informal meal of a day. It is taken between four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea at any time. Very often it is not taken at a table. The members of the family and visitors take the tea in the sitting room. Each person has a cup and saucer , a spoon and a small plate for bread and butter and cakes. By the way, do not help yourself to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though you can eat as much as you want, do not put more than one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time. Options: A cakes first B bread and butter first C either bread first or cake first D only one piece of bread or cakes . Answer: B bread and butter first Question:???\noutput answer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Help yourself to_.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Do you want to have a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or just can't understand what you are going through? Anne Frank chose the first kind. She lived in Amsterdam during World War II. Her family was Jewish so they had to hide, or they would be caught by the German soldiers. She and her family hid away for two years before they were discovered. During this time the only true friend was her diary, which she called Kitty. In a diary dated on Thursday 15 June, 1944, she wrote, \"Dear Kitty, I wonder if it's because I haven't been able to be outdoors for so long that I've grown so mad about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time when a blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me puzzled. That's changed since I was here for a year and a half.\" In Anne's opinion, the best friend is one who _ . A) knows everything B) likes to talk with you C) can read your diary D) can understand you\nA: D\n\n\nQ: Many of the old sayings using animals to predict the weather are folklore , but not all. It's still unknown how animals can predict the weather, but limited research and acute observations have proved the animal kingdom's ability to notice changes before we do. Through their highly developed sense of hearing, smell and awareness of changes in atmospheric conditions, animals do appear to have a sixth sense that does allow them to predict certain weather conditions, earthquakes and tsunamis. Lying cows are one of the most well-known natural weather indicators. If a cow lies in a field, it means rain is on the way, because cows sense the moisture in the air and are making sure hay have somewhere dry to lie down. Fish are known to eat more before a storm. Some say cats increase their grooming activities when extra static electricity is in the air, and horses are known to run fast before a violent storm or when windy conditions are coming. Meteorologist Randy Rauch of WTSP-TV in Clearwater confirms that animals can serve as severe weather barometers . \"It's actually been long believed that animals have a sixth sense when it comes to severe weather,\" Rauch said. \" It's long been talked about in folklore. You'll hear all kinds of stories that dogs, cats, cows, crickets---all have some sort of knowing power before severe weather.\" That theory was put to the test during the massive tsunami in 2004. It has been said that the actions of animals were one of the main reasons that residents in the area knew to take cover. \"Many of the elephants scattered to higher places 5 to 10 minutes before the first wave hit the shoreline,\" Rauch said. \"This has been a long story with animals in the wild and somehow knowing that weather or some kind of terrible event is going to occur.\" What is the main idea of the passage? A) In folklore, animals were used to predict the weather. B) Animals can predict extreme weather or terrible events. C) Humans could rely on animals to avoid terrible events. D) Different animals display different actions before a storm.\nA: B\n\n\nQ: People often view the \"last\" moments of an event positively simply because they signal the end of an experience, say experts. University of Michigan researchers found that even if an experience is painful or negative, but ends on a good note, people will consider it to be positive. \"Endings are powerful,\" said Ed O'Brien, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. O'Brien and colleague Phoebe Ellsworth, the Frank Murphy Distinguished Professor of Law and Psychology, conducted a chocolate tasting experiment with 52 college students to test the theory. Volunteers could taste five different Hershey's Kisses chocolates--milk, dark, cream, caramel and almond - but did not know in advance how many pieces they would eat or the type. Participants rated how much they enjoyed the chocolate and described each flavor so that the researchers could record the order in which the randomly selected treats were eaten. Volunteers were assigned to the \"next\" or the \"last \" condition by chance. In the \"next\" condition, the experimenter said \"Here is your next chocolate\" before offering each chocolate, including the fifth. For the \"last\" condition, the experimenter said \"Here is your last chocolate\" before offering the fifth chocolate. These participants rated the fifth chocolate more enjoyable than volunteers in the \"next\" condition. As predicted, participants who knew they were eating the final chocolate of a taste test enjoyed it more. In fact, when asked to pick their favorite chocolate, the majority of \"last\" participants chose the fifth - even though the flavor of the fifth was randomly chosen. They also rated the overall experience as more enjoyable than volunteers who thought they were just eating one more chocolate in a series. O'Brien says these findings may have far-reaching implications. For example, the last book or film in a series or the last speaker in a symposium may receive _ praise. The last job applicant, meanwhile, may look more qualified. Which of the following is TRUE about the experiment? A) The majority of \"last\" participants chose the almond flavor as their favorite. B) Some participants enjoyed the experiment more because the last flavor tasted better. C) The result would be different if researchers had used another brand of chocolate. D) Some participants didn't know it was their last chocolate when offered the fifth one.\nA: D\n\n\nQ: I came across an old country guide the other day. It listed all the tradesmen in each village in my part of the country and it was impressive to see the great variety of services which were available on one's own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside. Nowadays a superficial traveler in ruralprefix = st1 /Englandmight conclude that the village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the residents or selling old things to visitors. Nevertheless. This would really be a false impression. There has been smaller village commerce ,but its vigor is still remarkable. Our local grocer's shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women prefer to go there and exchange the local news while purchasing, instead of purchasing up at a supermarket. And the shop owner knows well that personal service has a substantial cash value. His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time. His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an aged woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The wealthier customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. I also find it satisfactory because a village shop offers one of the few ways in which a modest individualist can still get along in the world without attaching himself to the big groups of industry or commerce. Most of the village shopkeepers I know, are individualists in their ways. For example, our shoemaker stares with a cold look at the pairs of cheap, mass-produced shoes taken to him for repair. Has it come to this, he seems to be saying, that he, a craftsman , work upon them. And he makes beautiful shoes for those who can afford such luxury . What is the village shoemaker's reaction to mass-produced shoes? A) He considers they are not worth the effort of mending properly. B) He is angry with the customer for bringing in such rubbish. C) He looks down upon the low quality of industrialized products D) He hates those people who do not buy his handmade shoes.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Happy Farm is an online game. It is very popular among people in China. The game offers you a piece of empty land and some seeds at first. You are like the farmer. If your land is small, you can spend some money to make it big. And you must harvest your things on the farm on time, or some other farmers will steal your fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs and so on. Of course, you can steal theirs. If you want to make money, you must sell your things out. Some Chinese websites have offered this game to its users. So far, it is said that about 16 million Chinese people are playing this game. Some people were so crazy that they even get up in the midnight to harvest their crops and steal others'. Happy Farm brings happiness to people. It is really a fascinating game. But it also brings many problems. It is reported that a baby died in a hospital just because the doctor didn't give him timely treatment. Do you know what the doctor was doing? He was playing Happy Farm! There are many stories like this. Options: A to harvest and steal crops B to chat with others C to sell their things out D to read news about this game Answer: A to harvest and steal crops Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: Many people are so involved in the game Happy Farm that they get up in the midnight _ .\n\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Hello,my friend.I'm Jack.Today I'd like to tell you a story about the language.People live together and they speak the same language.They are kind to each other . People want to build a tower.One of them says, \"Let's build it high and it can reach the heaven !\".And the name is the Tower of Babel.But God doesn't like it.\"I will stop them!\" God says. People can work together because they can speak the same language.So God makes people speak different language.This is a big problem.Someone asks for water,people give him clothes.They can't understand each other.So people are not friendly.They don't like building the tower. People begin to speak different languages and live in different places.They never finish building the Tower of Babel. Options: A they can live in it B it can reach the heaven C it can take many things D they can see the world on it Answer: B it can reach the heaven Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: People want to build the tower high, then _ .\n\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: I started to study English when I was a child because of Michael Jackson. He has been my idol since 1991. I really wanted to understand him and his music. I used to use a dictionary to learn the meanings of words of songs written by him. There was a lot of work to do to learn English, but I never felt tired. At first I learned about pronunciation, which was the hardest part for me. Because music was my only source of spoken English, sometimes I had to use a pronunciation dictionary. Then I made lists of words in order to remember them and their meanings. I would spend hours learning English grammar. What's more, I read a lot. I also tried to translate texts, dialogues and songs. Because of my hard work, my English improved a lot. In the end, I entered a college and had a great chance to further improve my English. Now I am an English teacher. And I am still making progress in English. Options: A Listening to music. B Joining an English club. C Translating texts, dialogues and songs. D Reading a lot. Answer: B Joining an English club. Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Which way of learning English is NOT mentioned in the passage?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The host: Now it's time for our You Must Read This program. Today we'll hear from Lauren Groff. She came across a book when she was going to have her first child and was worried about the future. Lauren Groff: Staring into darkness, I wanted to read about happiness.1n fact, books full of joy are hard to find because happiness is nearly impossible to write about. So, when I found Elizabeth and Her German Garden, by Elizabeth Von Arnim, I felt as if someone suddenly opened a curtain and revealed a window where I had thought there was a wall. Elizabeth and Her German Garden feels as if it rose out of Von Arnim's deep unhappiness in the way she was supposed to fit into her world Still, what a cool drink this novel is. It has a few characters: the narrator, a countess named Elizabeth, her husband, her three tiny daughters, various servants and some visitors. There is also Elizabeth's garden. whick we see in all its seasonal richness. That is only the book's surface, however. There are great things hidden in the book. Eliza- beth is always comparing herself and the women around her and finding their fixed social roles disappointing. Her happiness, when it comes, arrives as an act of will. She has fought hard to achieve delight and I think it is more valuable for her struggle. I appreciate Elizabeth for showing me a way through my darkest time, by revealing that an act of focused attention can lift a person out of a long, dark period in their lives. Anyone can get a little happiness from living, even by reading a few pages of a book. The host : That's Lauren Groff. Her latest novel is Arcadia. The book she recommended is Elizabeth and Her German Garden. Question: What can we learn about Arcadia? Options: A: It is the next novel to be recommended. B: It is a novel written by Lauren Groff. C: It is Elizabeth Von Arnim's latest novel. D: It is recommended in the last program.\nA: B\n\n\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Astronaut Mark Kelly announced today that he is retiring from NASA in order to focus on the recovery of his wife, Gabrielle Giffords. Kelly, who is 47, began his NASA career in 1996. He has traveled to the International Space Station four times and served aboard space shuttles Endeavour and Discovery. Most recently he was commander of Endeavour's final voyage, which ended on June l. \"After 25 years of service to our country, I am retiring from the United States Navy and leaving NASA. My retirement will take effect on October l. \" he said. \"This was no easy decision. Words cannot express my deep gratitude for the opportunities I have been given to serve our great nation. And I have always been proud to be a member of the NASA. Public service has been more than a job for me and for my family. My brother continues to serve in NASA and in the Navy. My parents are retired police officers. And my wife Gabrielle proudly serves in the US House of Representatives.\" he continued. \"As life takes unexpected turns we frequently come to a crossroads. I am at this point today. Gabrielle is working hard every day on her way to recovery. I want to be by her side. Stepping aside from my work in the Navy and at NASA will allow me to be with her and with my two daughters. I love them all very much and there is no doubt that we will move forward together. After some time off, I will look for new opportunities and I'm hopeful that one day I will again serve our country.\" Kelly said. On Jan 8, Giffords was shot in the head and was severely injured while meeting with her supporters. She returned to her Tucson home last week for the first time since then. Question: We can learn from the passage that_. Options: A: Mark Kelly has already retired from NASA B: Mark Kelly is proud of his wife and his family C: Gabrielle Griffons is now being treated in hospital D: Gabrielle Griffons will come back to work soon\nA: B\n\n\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Learning to drive is important to the independence of teenagers, but it is also a great responsibility.Although having a law that keeps 16-year-old drivers from having more than one teenager in the car with them at first seems unfair, there are convincing reasons for this requirement. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that teens are four times more likely than older drivers to be involved in an automobile accident.It also reports that 16-and 17-year-old drivers are twice as likely to have an accident if they have two teenage friends in the car and four times as likely to have one if they have three or more teenage friends in the car with them.Fatal ( ) crashes of 16-year-old drivers involve the highest percentage of speeding, driver error, and number of passengers.This information is enough to cause any reasonable person to wonder about the wisdom of allowing new teen drivers to take a carload of friends anywhere, even if the law permits it. A study at the National Institutes of Health indicates that the part of the human brain that controls judgment and evaluates the consequences of our actions might not be fully formed until the age of 25.Until this study, researchers had placed the age at 18.If this is true, it could explain the reckless behavior of many teens, behavior that often extends into their twenties.It also could be a strong reason for being cautious about the driving circumstances of young people. This is not the only study that indicates such caution is necessary.One study at Temple University in Philadelphia examines the results of peer pressure in risky driving situations.The study, which uses a driving game, has an individual guide a car through a course, both alone and in the presence of friends.Three different age groups participated in the study: 13-16, 18-22, and 24 and older.Members of the oldest group showed caution whether driving alone or with friends present, but the two younger groups took more chances when they were with their friends.Furthermore, because these... Question: We can infer that the law restriction can probably _ . Options: A: protect teens on the highway B: raise teens' sense of responsibility C: reduce the number of fatal crashes D: force teens to drive with caution\nA: A\n\n\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: \"How far is the next village?\" the American asks a man standing by the edge of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to reach his destination , he will politely say \"Just down the road.\" He thinks this is more encouraging, gentler, and therefore the wanted answer. So the American drives through the night, getting more and more angry, feeling \"being tricked\". He thinks the man on purpose lied to him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well. Had conditions been reversed , the American would have felt he was \"cheating\" the driver if he had said the next town was not too far, and if he would be sorry to the weary driver, he would say \"You have a good way to go yet, it is at least fifteen miles.\" The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect. Whether to be accurate or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you know the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem. Question: The man at the roadside tells the American it is not far from the next village because he _ . Options: A: wants to encourage him to go further B: doesn't know the exact distance at all C: wants to help the man to decide whether to stop and have a rest D: tries to play a trick on him\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is exactly oneself that one has the least understanding of. When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties for your own incompetence. To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself-aware of both one's strengths and shortages. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. That's to say so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself there won't be difficulties you can't overcome. To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation. Whether you think you are a towering tree or a blade of grass, a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature that has its own value. If you earnestly admire yourself you'll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself, you'll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity. To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it's needed. In time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep. As you are aware, what a person physically has is but a human body that's vulnerable when exposed to the elements. So if you fall ill, it's up to you to take a good care of yourself. In a word, to get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one's life. Then one will find one's life full of color and flavor. Question: Remember not to expect too much of yourself when looking forward to the future because _ . Answer:\n\nA: your shortages might stop you succeeding\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Statistically, air travel is by far the safest way to travel, and you can make flying even safer, just by following these simple rules. As your chances of being involved in an air accident are practically nil , many of these tips concern what you should and shouldn't do to make your journey safer when you are airborne . Fly on non-stop routes Most accidents occur during the takeoff, climb, descent and landing phases of a flight, so flying non-stop reduces your exposure to these complex procedures. Choose larger aircraft. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Although small aircrafts have very good safety records, _ with more than 30 passenger seats are designed to comply with much stricter regulations and are tested more regularly to make sure they still comply. Also, in the unlikely event of a serious accident, larger aircraft provide a better opportunity for passenger survival. Pay attention to the pre-flight safety briefing The information may seem repetitious , but it's worth listening to the flight attendants. And even if you've flown before, it doesn't mean you know everything about the aircraft you're on, such as the location of the closest emergency exit. Store things safely Never put very heavy articles in the overhead storage bins. They may fall out when someone opens the bin and cause injury. Also, the bin may not be able to hold heavier objects during turbulence . Keep our seat belt fastened while you are seated Cabin crew always tell you this, but it's important. You would be seriously injured if the plane hits unexpected turbulence. Always fasten your seat belt if you are told to. _ of flying is this: If you are told to do something, do it first and ask questions later. Let the flight attendant pour your hot drinks Flight attendants are trained to handle hot drinks like coffee or tea in a crowded aisle on a moving aircraft, so allow them to pour the drink and hand it to you. Never ask to take a coffee pot from one of them. Question: Which of the following is NOT true? Answer:\n\nA: Take-offs are safer on non-stop flights than landings.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Easter is still a great day for worship, randy in baskets and running around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies. And no, not because the kids like to pull their ears. The _ is climate change, and some researchers found that rising temperatures arc having harmful effects on at least five species of rabbit in the US. Take the Lower Keys March rabbit, for instance. An endangered species that lives in the Lower Florida Keys, this species of cottontail is a great swimmer -- it lives on the islands! -- but it is already severely affected by development and now by rising levels. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, an ocean level rise of only 0. 6 meters will send these guys jumping to higher ground and a 0.9-meter rise would wipe out their habitat completely. The snowshoe hare, on the other hand, has a color issue. Most of these rabbits change their fur color from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer, each designed to give them better cover from predators . As the number of days with snow decreases all across the country, however, more and more bunnies arc being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring, making them an easier mark for predators. Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question. The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have noticed their numbers are already markedly down. American pikas or rock rabbits, a relative of rabbits and hares, might be the firs' of these species to go extinct due to climate change. About 7-8 inches long, pikas live high in the cool, damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains. As global temperatures rise, they would naturally migrate to higher ground -- but they already occupy the mountaintops. They can't go any higher. The National Wildlife Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their habitat beats... Question: Which best describes the writer's tone in the postage? Answer:\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Concerned.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?\n\nHow to interpret a dream involving windows \nNo one can tell the meaning of a dream, all the time. \nPerhaps the first step to solving the mystery of a dream or series of dreams is the realization that no other person, no matter how schooled, practiced, or confident, can tell you this meaning. Many people, and some professions, profess to have this ability.\nOPTIONS:\n- But some five percent of our minds aren't equipped to interpret a dream. The key is to practice consciously recognizing the meaning.\n- When exploring a dream, imagine that you're today and you tell yourself to start the day with the sun coming up. Observe the kakashi sequence, another way you can identify dreams.\n- But generally, you can uncover a deeper truth if you revisit the dream yourself, perhaps with the help of a trusted guide. Look at the history of psyche and windows.\n- Understand that delusion is a very real thing. These relationships between reality and dreams are called the physisms.\nA: But generally, you can uncover a deeper truth if you revisit the dream yourself, perhaps with the help of a trusted guide. Look at the history of psyche and windows.\n\n\nProblem: What happens next in this paragraph?\n\nTwo men are seen chainsawing on a stage while a man stands in the middle. The men cut wood in various ways in front of a large audience. one\nOPTIONS:\n- man then stands and bends at the knees in front of the group and begins to hoist himself up on the pair of narrow bars.\n- captures the man knife while the other holds up a knife and cuts a piece off.\n- man then uses a sharp tool to skink down other rafters while another cuts down obstacles.\n- finishes before the other and is shown again in slow motion.\nA: finishes before the other and is shown again in slow motion.\n\n\nProblem: What happens next in this paragraph?\n\nHow to know if laser vision surgery is right for you \nVisit an ophthalmologist. \nHave a thorough eye exam with an ophthalmologist who specializes in laser vision surgery. The eye doctor will assess your eyes, making sure that you do not have any diseases of the eye or eye conditions that could impact the surgery.\nOPTIONS:\n- It's important that you see a professional eye doctor and ask questions about his experience with laser eye surgery. Once you visit a doctor, ask about his contact with laser eye surgery.\n- During the consultation, the ophthalmologist will ask you how much you would have to pay to have the surgery in your eye. As a result, you will be asked about any costs associated with the procedure.\n- Before picking an eye doctor, do some research on ophthalmologists that do laser surgery in your area. You can research online or talk to people you know who have had the procedure you are considering.\n- They will also look into your eye at length and decide the surgery will work best. Do not wait until the end of the appointment to have your eye checked.\nA: Before picking an eye doctor, do some research on ophthalmologists that do laser surgery in your area. You can research online or talk to people you know who have had the procedure you are considering.\n\n\nProblem: What happens next in this paragraph?\n\nHow to make perfect noodles \nChoose a pot big enough to hold around 2 liters (or 4 quarts) of water. \nChoose your topping, and start heating it up on a low/medium heat if necessary. \nPut the pot on the stove and turn the stove onto the highest level of heat.\nOPTIONS:\n- Leave it there for 30 minutes, depending on how far above it you want the noodles to cook. Put the cooked noodles in the pot so they don't get soggy.\n- Depending on the size of the noodles, this may take several minutes. Once heat is generated, remove them from the water and place them on an absorbent dish towel.\n- Watch to see if any water comes to a boil or stops boiling off the bottom of the pot (so you will know to turn off the burner at the correct time if hot). Keeping your pot off the stove for five minutes should give it a chance to heat up.\n- Add the salt to the water, if desired. Once the water is boiling, carefully pour or place the noodles into the water.\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Add the salt to the water, if desired. Once the water is boiling, carefully pour or place the noodles into the water.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Nick Santonastasso has one arm equipped with one finger. He has no legs. He also has no limitations . \" I know anything's possible ,\" the 12-year-old told TODAY 's Ann Curry. He can play baseball and football, play the keyboard and drums, and play video games with his brothers. When Nick was born, he suffered a disease only found in 11 other people. The Santonastassos had three other children, and they decided to treat Nick the same as others, with love but without excuse \" We're supposed to be heroes to our children, but Nick is a hero to us,\" his father Michael said. But heroes have heroes, too, and Nick's is Tiki Barber, the former football superstar who retired last year and became a reporter for TODAY. Curry told Nick that for his birthday, the show wanted to give him a new skateboard. The person who presented it to him was Barber. \" You're an inspiration,\" Barber said. \" There are a lot of kids who might be at a disadvantage. You give them strength.\" Curry observed that most parents try to protect their kids from failure, but the Santonastassos didn't do that with Nick. \"Absolutely not, \"Nick's mother Stacey said. \" If you do have a small failure, it just makes you stronger to succeed at the next stop.\" \" It builds self-confidence in yourself to try it again,\" Nick added. Recently, Nick entered a drawing in a statewide contest in New Jersey. His drawing was a tree with a spreading canopy and deep toots. Above the tree were the words, \"The roots of a family are...\" Below the ground, the roots spelled out the final word for the message: \" Love.\" It won the contest. The judges didn't know Nick' physical condition. He won on merit , the same way he does everything else in life. According to the passage, _ other people have the same disease as Nick's. A) two B) three C) eleven D) twelve\nC\n\n\n(Question)\nLanguage-learners who say they never or hardly ever use dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes. The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every new word do not read fast. So they do not have time to read much. Those who use small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as translations of English. But one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English. The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context. Then they reread and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, or divide it into syllables , they always use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form, they check these in a dictionary. Students who never use dictionary speak well but write poor, because _ A) They can't remember words. B) They may make mistakes. C) They are not interested in writing. D) They are afraid of writing.\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\nQues: Going back to school is a very exciting event for my two boys. It means getting new school bags and books, and seeing friends again after the summer holiday. My oldest son, 9-year-old Salem, asked me several times where we would go to buy a backpack, while my other son, 6-year-old Abdullah, asked what school would be like this year. For the last three years, school was a nightmare for many children and their parents as violence increased and there were more attacks on schools and teachers. As a result, many parents prevented their children from going to school. One of six children in this country did not attend primary school in 2009. Many kids who did attend school were accompanied by a parent for the entire day to make sure nothing happened to their children. For poor families or those with large families, back to school can be an expensive time. The government gives some help to those living in poor neighborhoods, and school bags, note books and other items are given for free. Most of the merchants who sell notebooks and pens now sell their products out on the street instead of in stores. They sit on the ground and lay their items on the ground or they have a small table to sell their goods. The bags cost between $10 and $20, while clothes and shoes cost between $20 and $30. I found all the things I needed for my sons and even bought something for myself. I spent about $50 on each of them, including school uniforms. At the end of the day, we returned to our home carrying many shopping bags filled with items that made my children happy and excited to go back to school. I just hope this school year will be a peaceful one. As a parent, the author _ . A) is unable to afford his kids' schooling B) is unwilling to send his kids to school C) hopes his kids have a happy school life D) complains school education costs too much\nAns: C\n\n\nQues: THIS is an excerpt from therapist Laura Trice's speech at TED in 2008: Hi. I'm here to talk to you about the importance of praise, admiration and \"thank you\"s, and making them specific and genuine. The way I got interested in this was, I noticed that when I was growing up, and until about a few years ago, I would want to say thank you to someone. I would want to praise them. I would want to take in their praise of me and then I'd just stop myself. I asked myself: why? I felt shy. I felt embarrassed. And then my question became: am I the only one who does this? So I decided to study that question. I'm fortunate enough to work in a rehab facility, so I get to see people who are facing life and death with addiction. Sometimes it comes down to something as simple as their core wound is how their father died without ever saying he's proud of them. But then, they hear from all the family and friends that the father told everybody else that he was proud, but he never told the son. It's because he didn't know that his son needed to hear it. I used to take my bike into the bike store and they'd do something called \"truing \" the wheels. The guy said: \"You know, when you true the wheels, it's going to make the bike so much better.\" I get the same bike back, and they'd have taken all the little warps out of those same wheels I've had for two and a half years, and my bike would feel like new. So, I'm going to challenge all of you. I want you to true your wheels: be honest about the praise that you need to hear. What do you need to hear? Go home to your wife and ask her: \"What do you need?\" Go home to your husband and ask him what he needs. Go home and ask those questions and then help the people around you. It's simple. But why should we care about this? We talk about world peace. How can we have world peace with different cultures, different languages? I think it starts in each of our households. So, let's make things right in our own backyards. The purpose of the speech is most likely to _ . A) surprise B) persuade C) describe D) entertain\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Article: The interview is an important event in the job-hunting process, because the 20 or 30 minutes you spend with the interviewer may decide whether or not you get the particular job you want. Therefore, it is important to remember that your purpose during the interview may differ from that of the potential employer. You want to make yourself stand out as a whole person who has personal strengths and should be considered the right person for the job. It is encouraging to know that the interviewer's task is not to embarrass you, but to hire the right person for the job. Remember, job-hunting is very competitive. Anything you can do to improve your interview techniques will be to your advantage. The following suggestions may help you land the most important job. Your goal in this interview is to make sure your good points get across. The interviewer won't know them unless you point them out, so try to do this in a factual and sincere manner. Don't say anything bad about your former employers. If you have been fired from a job and the interview asks about it, be honest. Show the interviewer that you are interested in the company by asking questions. Ask about responsibilities, working conditions, promotion opportunities and benefits of the job you are interviewing for. If at some point you decide the interview is not going well, do not let your discouragement show. You have nothing to lose by continuing a show of confidence, and you many have much to gain. It may be real, or it may be a test to see how you react to _ conditions. Some interviewers may bring up salary early in the interview. At this time, you may indicate that you are more interested in a job where you can prove yourself than a specific salary. This politely passes the question back to the interviewer. If possible, you should negotiate for salary after you have been offered a job and have completed the paperwork. Question: If you did not get along with your former employer, you _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"should not speak ill of him\"?\nA: Yes\n\n\nQ: Article: Most middle school students find it boring to learn math. But students in Yet Sen Middle School in New York, US, don't think so. Why? Because they are in the school of One Program, which asks students to work on their own or in small groups on computers to have math lessons. \"The program gives the students a new learning style. No traditional classroom can compare with it. We give each lesson according to the students' interest and their strong and weak points, \"said Joel. Klein, the school's headteacher, \"We're looking for a new way that interests students. \" Students enjoy these math lessons, especially lessons with video games. They must find out the answers to math problems to get through the game. One such game is Dimension M. As students move through mazes with their keyboards, some questions come up. Caleb Deng had to answer the question: What is 5+(6x3)? He _ on paper quickly because there was just a minute left to play. \"I was right, \"said Deng, 14, as he ended the game with a high score . \"This really makes math lessons more exciting, since we are fighting to learn better. \" Question: This article is mainly about _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"a new way to learn math\"?\nA: No\n\n\nQ: Article: The main reason people come to America is said to be that they can chase the American Dream. Everyone has heard of it, and many have died fighting for it. The only thing is that there is no clear definition of the American Dream. It is not defined by one dream, but by all the opportunities that the United States offers. Since the founding of the United States, people have been _ to define the American Dream. In the playDeath of a Salesman, every character is trying to realize his own version of the American Dream. Willy feels that he has done so. He has spent his whole life as a not very successful salesman. As he gets older, he starts having conflicts with everyone in his life, and feels that only by killing himself will the people around him be able to finally be happy. Bernard, on the other hand, feels that the American Dream can only be achieved through career success. He shows that through hard work and dedication he will be crowned with success. The dialogue of the characters reveals the different attitudes they have toward the American Dream, and the reaction of Willy to the fact that Bernard is very successful while he is not. Many people try to achieve the American Dream, but few actually do so. As with any goal, it takes hard work and dedication to achieve the American Dream. InDeath of a Salesman, all aspects of this goal are examined. For the goal to be achieved, the dream must be an attainable one which is worth working toward. It also must be a dream that the professional world accepts and finds useful. Question: According to the author, Bernard is successful because _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"he works hard to achieve his goals\"?\nA: No\n\n\nQ: Article: Bean and other seed shoots are also known as sprouts . The dry bean seeds contain a store of nutrients just waiting to be released when they sprout. Under the right conditions they will germinate . As they grow, the food value of the seeds is multiplied into vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. This happens almost overnight! It is easy to grow your own sprouts, but you need to buy your seeds from supermarkets or health food stores. Seeds for planting in the garden are often powdered with chemicals, so when becoming sprouts they are not safe to eat. Try growing sprouts from a variety of beans and seeds. You will find different sprouts at different stages. Bean sprouts are best when they are about three centimeters long. Wheat and sunflower sprouts taste best when the sprouts and the seeds are of the same length. If the sunflower sprout is too long it leaves a funny stinging feeling in the throat after eating. Alfalfa sprouts are best when their small leaves are well developed. Pea and soybean sprouts are good long or short. If you leave your sprouts in filtered sunlight for a few hours, the leaves will turn green as chlorophyll is added. Eating sprouts with green leaves benefits your blood, cells, and the digestive system. Question: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"All sprouts taste best during the early stage of their growth.\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. People celebrate it in the United States, England,India and some other countries. Little by little, people in many other countries also celebrate it. Mother's Day is on the 2nd Sunday in May. On that day, many people give presents of love to their mothers. If their mothers are alive ,they often wear a pink or red rose or carnation .If their mothers are dead ,they wear a white one. The celebration of the first American Mother's Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular all over the country and around the world. In China, people do the same on the day for mothers. And in some cities, people sometimes ask a song to be broadcast for his or her mother only. Question: On that day, people give _ to their mothers. Options: A: pineapple B: presents of top C: flowers D: presents of love\nD\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: An elephant wants to have some friends. He sees a monkey in a tree. \"Can you be my friend?\" asks the elephant. \"You are too big. You can't swing in the tree like me.\" Then the elephant meets a rabbit. \"Please be my friend,\" he says. \"How can I? Sorry, sir. You are strong.\" The elephant is very _ . Then he goes home. The next day, he sees all the animals running. He doesn't know why. The monkey says a tiger is near here. He will come to eat the animals. The elephant goes to the tiger. \"Please, Mr. tiger. Don't eat the animals.\" \"Go away!\" says the tiger. The elephant is not happy and kicks the tiger. Then the tiger goes away. At last, all the animals want the elephant to be their friend. Question: Why don't the monkey and the rabbit want the elephant to be their friend? Options: A: Because the elephant is big and strong. B: Because they are strong and big. C: Because the elephant is scared of them. D: Because they are scared of the elephant.\n(Answer)\nA\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Winter is dangerous because it's so difficult to know what is going to happen and traffic accidents take place so easily . Fog can be waiting to meet you over the top of a hill. Ice might be hiding under the melting snow, waiting ahead to send you off the road. The car coming to you may suddenly slip across the road. Rule Number One for driving on icy roads is to drive smoothly. Sudden movements can make a car very difficult to control. So every time you either start or stop your car, increase or reduce your speed, you must be as gentle and slow as possible. Suppose you are driving with a full cup of hot coffee on the seat next to you. Drive so that you wouldn't spill _ . Rule Number Two is to pay attention to what might happen. The more ice there is, the further down the road you have to look. Test how long it takes to gently stop your car. Remember that you may be driving more quickly than you think. Generally, allow twice of your usual stopping distance when the road is wet, three times on snow, and even more on ice. Try to stay in control of your car at all times ad you will not get into trouble. Question: What's the best title of the passage ? Options: A: Dangerous Winter . B: Foy and Ice . C: The Rules of Driving . D: How to Drive on the Icy Roads .\nAns: D\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A week in the sun relaxing in the beautiful March weather of Varadero, Cuba is a fantastic vacation for anyone. Luckily, my wife, two friends and I had the chance last year. To see Cuba, you have to talk to the Cubans. Our friends met us at the airport even at 1:00 a.m. which started our trip on a positive note. After a few days at the hotels, we got to know a local tour guide, Victor. The trip started off on a sunny morning. Our return trip would be along the coastline from Havana, but out trip to Havana would be through the countryside and the small towns. This trip was designed for us to visit the Cuban countryside. At first Victor brought us to Revolutionary Square, where Fidel Castro made his yearly speech praising the ideas of the revolution. Our second stop was the Bocoy Rum Factory. We walked through and learned how 5000 bottles of rum are produced every day. The smell of rum, and the huge barrels were interesting. The final stop was the market in Old Havana. Here my wife and I went away from our friends and we toured through this large shopping center. From store to store we saw so many items that all had a clear Cuban feel to them. We bought a picture and some special local things, and then we took off to meet up with Victor. As a tourist I was able to have a quick look at Cuban life with the help of Cubans. I felt lucky to have the chance. It was an interesting experience in my life. Question: What did the writer think of the trip of Cuba? Options: A: The trip was really boring B: The trip was relaxing in the sun C: The trip was exciting. D: The trip was enjoyable and interesting\n(A).\nD\n\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mr. Smith is thirty one .He is tall and heavy , and he has short hair . He likes children and his job .He works at school and gives the children classes from Monday to Friday .He often has much work to do , but he often plays games with his students after school .All his students like him very much .On Sunday he drives to his parents' house and stays with his father and mother .Sometimes he goes to see his friends on Sundays .He drives back to school on Monday morning . Question: He goes and sees his friends _ . Options: A: every day B: on Sundays C: on Saturdays D: on Fridays\n\nAns:B\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mr Green works in an office . Every morning he has breakfast with his wife at 7:30, watches TV, drinks tea and then leaves his home at 8:00 to take a bus to his office. Now he still sits comfortably at the breakfast table and watches his news on TV at 8:05. He doesn't hurry and asks his wife for another cup of tea. \"Another cup?\"she says in surprise .\"Don't you need to go to the office today?\"\"The office?\" he says. \"I think I'm at the office!\" Question: Mr Green usually goes to work by _ . Options: A: car B: bus C: bike D: train\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Rudy Saldia is a 25-year-old postman from America. Every day he rides to deliver parcels across his hometown of Philadelphia with his six-month-old cat called MJ always sitting on his shoulders. MJ, short for Mary Jane, is different from other cats. She was born in a drawer in Rudy's bedroom on April Fool's day. When she got older, Rudi noticed that her favorite place to rest was his shoulders, so he decided to train her to work with him. \"The first day we crossed one block. The next day we tried two blocks and now we can ride about 25 miles every day. MJ enjoys moving around on my shoulders,\" Rudi said. However, Rudy hopes to be able to ride 100 miles with MJ in the coming day. \"People are always surprised and excited to watch us. I often hear someone shout, 'Oh, my God, he has a cat on his shoulder! How lovely that is!' MJ is so comfortable on my shoulder and she never hurts me with her claws. We always get on well with each other and have a great time during the work.\" Rudy smiled. MJ loves noisy streets of Philadelphia, the only problem is that she is scared of the siren . However, her owner Rudi is always there for her. One day, if you go to Philadelphia and see a postman with a cat on his shoulder, don't be surprised! Question: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? - MJ is less than one-year-old now. - Few people enjoy watching Rudi and MJ - Rudi and MJ cross over two blocks every day. - MJ doesn't like siren as well as the noisy streets\nFew people enjoy watching Rudi and MJ\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has talked about to be a good parent, saying that 13 is a right age for a child's first mobile phone. The 57-year-old father of three said on the Today show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed phones until their thirteen birthday and his youngest daughter Phoebe is still waiting for one. \"We've made a rule in our family that it's 13 when you get a phone.\" He also said as a resulthischild often returned homefromschool complaining, \"All the other kids have it, I'm the only without it, it's so embarrassing.\" Asked if he keeps passwords to his son and daughters' e-mail and Facebook accounts . Mr Gates said that he doesn't for Jennifer, 16, who he says is \"old enough\". Besides their wealth Mr and Mrs Gates ,who live in Lake Medina, have said they want to raise their three children as usually as possible. It is said that their kids have to do housework at home after school and aren't given much pocket money. And in 2010Mr Gates said that he wanted to give most of his $61 billion away rather than hand it down. \"That wouldn't be good either for my kids or society,\" he said. Mr Gates left Microsoft in 2008 to put his heart to charity. During the Today interview with host Matt Lauer, he said that helping others made him feel happy as creating software. \" What you really feel is what you've achieved. If a piece of software gets out there and lots of people love it--it lets them get their work down in better ways--that's exciting.\" he replied. Question: What's the passage mainly about? - Bill Gate's school life - How Bill Gates is working for charity. - Bill gate's work in Microsoft - How Mr and Mrs Gates raise their children\nHow Mr and Mrs Gates raise their children\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: To make Chinese students healthier and stronger, China's Ministry of Education has started a campaign. The campaign asks students to run every school day. Te campaign has started since October last year and will last until April this year. Kids at primary schools have to run 1km per day. It's 1.5kms for middle school students and 2 kms for high school and university students. And records will be set for every student. By the end of April 2009, a primary school student has to run 120kms in total/ A middle school students have to run 240kms by that time. Since the campaign started, people have had different ideas about it. Some people think it is good for students. They think the campaign can make students healthier. Some students have little exercise and the campaign can make them run. But some people don't think so. They think some schools don't have enough place for students to do running. If students have to run on the road, maybe it is not safe. They also think there are many ways to become healthier; running is not the only way. So they think the campaign is not a right decision. Question: Why don't some people think the campaign is good? - Because they don't think it's safe enough for a student to run such a long way every day. - Because they don't think it's safe to make so many students run together every day. - Because they think students are busy with their school work and have no time to run. - Because they think there are other ways to keep healthy besides worrying about the safe problem.\nA: Because they think there are other ways to keep healthy besides worrying about the safe problem.\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Scientists have written a report on the future of trade and industry. They talk about the role robots will play in industry. What is a robot?Basically ,it is a machine which is designed to do the work of a human being. It is usually controlled by a computer. Once it has been given a set of things to do,it will do the job on its own. Nowadays,Britain has 120 robots at work in industry. This compares badly with other industrial countries. In Japan,there are 4,000 robots in use. In the USA there are 2,000 and in Germany there are 500. According to the report,the government must help people understand how robot technology can be used. Also,people must be educated to know how important this new technology is. The designing of new robots will be very important in the future. The report says that special robot centres should be set up where people who design robots and people who will use them work together. The assembly work of the future will be complex . So firms must develop robots to do it. Question: According to the report,the future assembly work will be done by _ . - Computers - Robots - people who design - people who understand how to use robots\nAnswer: Robots\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: A life coach is somebody who helps you reach all kinds of personal and professional goals . Each of us has the ability to be our own life coach. Here are some tips for you: Pay attention to your relationships with others. Ask yourself the following questions: What do you do with disagreements? When was the last time you showed your family members that you care for them? Your relationships with friends, family members and teachers show a lot about the kind of person you are. Face the fears about the future. Now, imagine that one of your good friends told you that he or she was not strong enough to go back to school. We often give better advice than we are willing to take ourselves. Remember that even the most successful people were probably told that what they wanted to do was impossible, but they followed their dreams and succeeded. Develop your talents. If you want to reach your goals, you will have to spend more time developing the talents you already have, and uncovering any hidden talents that you haven't discovered yet. So you can take classes in subjects that you are interested in, even if you have no experience. Be thankful . Take some time to be thankful for the things you do have. Remember positive memories. Think of the best day(s) you have had in the past month or year. Remember special parties, vacations and holidays. Be thankful to the wonderful people you have in your life. Question: Why should we pay attention to our relationships with others? - Because that can make us care for family. - Because that shows a lot about the kind of person we are. - Because that can help us remember the people who help us. - Because that can make us become a life coach.\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Because that shows a lot about the kind of person we are.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Sushi is a kind of food made with a mixture of cooked or raw fish, vegetables, and rice. Although Sushi is most commonly considered to have its origin in Japan, it actually began in China during the 7thCentury. At that time, any fish caught had to be preserved. Raw fish was cleaned and then pressed between layers of heavy salt. After a couple of months, the whole process was complete. Over time, a discovery was made that by rolling the fish in rice that had been soaked in vinegar the fish was easily fermented in a few days rather than months. The rice was then thrown away and the fish was eaten. However, with a food shortage, people began consuming the rice as well as the fish and thus, Sushi today as we know was born. However, in the 1800s, a famous chef by the name of Yohei created two styles of Sushi--one called Edo, and the second, Osaka, for two cities. Sushi is usually consumed with hot green tea. Also, Gari is offered free and eaten between bites to create a better taste. Two kinds of sauce are usually available: one is soy sauce, which is poured on most kinds of Sushi; the other is a thick sweet sauce used on eel . Sushi has taken the world by storm and today is a multi-billion dollar industry. Its popularity continues to rise because people are looking for healthy food that is quick and easy to make. With such unbelievable popularity as well as the health benefits of eating Sushi, it is likely that this food will continue to be a part of everyday life for many more centuries to come. Question: Two kinds of Sushi, Edo and Osaka, were probably named after _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- the chef's name\n- their birthplaces\n- the name of fish\n- some kinds of food\noutput: their birthplaces\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Taxes, Taxes and More Taxes Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life; death and taxes. Americans do not have a corner on the \"death\" market, but many people feel that the United States leads the world with the worst taxes. Taxes consist of the money which people pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of government in the United States: federal , state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes. Salaried people who earn more than a few thousand dollars must pay a certain percentage of their salaries to the federal government. The percentage varies form person to person. It depends on their salaries. The federal government has a graduated income tax, that is, the percentage of the tax (14 to 70 percent) increases as a person's income increases. With the high cost of taxes people are not very happy on April 15, when the federal taxes are due. The second tax is for the state government: New York, California, North Dakota, or any of the other forty-seven states. Some states have an income tax similar to that of the federal government. Of course, the percentage for the state tax is lower. Other states have a sales tax, which is a percentage charged to any item which you buy in that state. For example, a person might want to buy a packet of cigarettes for twenty-five cents. If there is a sales tax of eight percent in that state, then the cost of the cigarettes is twenty-seven cents. This figure includes the sales tax. Some states use income tax in addition to sales tax to raise their revenues . The state tax laws are various and confusing. The third tax is for the city. This tax comes in two forms: property tax (people who own a home have to pay taxes on it) and excise tax, which is charged on cars in a city. The cities use these funds for education, police and fire departments, public works and municipal buildings. Since Americans pay such high taxes, they often feel that they are working one day each week just to pay their taxes.... Question: How do you understand the sentence \"Americans do not have a corner on the 'death' market\"? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- It means that Americans, just like all other people, must die.\n- It means that Americans do not have a secret place to keep from death in their life.\n- It means that Americans are not good at doing business in the death market.\n- It means that there is no such place as a death market in the U. S.\n\nA: It means that Americans, just like all other people, must die.\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Edgar felt quite excited at the thought of his first swim of the summer. With the sun shining down so strongly, the sea was certain to be warm enough. He walked quickly along the sea-front towards the steps that led on to the sands. He smiled cheerfully at the passersby. He had just smiled and raised his hat to an elderly lady when a man with a camera caught his arm and stopped him. Edgar heard a little buzzing noise from the camera. \"Your photograph, sir, in glorious colour in just one moment if you please,\" said the man in one breath. Then the buzzing stopped, and he held the photograph in his hand and was waving it to and fro. In a moment he handed it over, and Edgar saw the bright blue splash of his shirt half filling the picture. \"Seventy pence, sir,\" the man said. \"It's the bargain of your holiday.\" \"Seventy pence,\" Edgar repeated, mildly. \"For this?\" He stared at the photographer. \"They're normally eighty-five, sir, but for a single subject I make a cut-price offer. It's the best value you'll get in Chadwell.\" \"You'll have to make a better offer,\" Edgar said. It was a good photo though, he thought, so bright and clear. His hat was held high, and he was smiling broadly at the old lady, whose arm and handbag came into a lower corner. He had had no idea that he was being snapped. He thought he was really quite a good-looking chap. \"That's as good as any studio job that would cost you pounds,\" said the cameraman. \"It's better in a way because it's so natural. Only seventy pence, sir.\" \"I've never paid so much for a snap in my life. It simply isn't worth that kind of money. It's not as if I need the thing. Look, I'll give you twenty-five.\" \"No, I can't do that. Each of these instant colour shots costs me 50p -- that's the price of the blank frame, so you see...\" \"Criminal, criminal,\" Edgar broke in. \"You want a profit of forty per cent. Well, not at my expense, I'm afraid. I'll give you your 50p and that's that.\" \"Let me see, then.\" The man suddenly took the photograph out of Edgar's hand. \"I can't waste... Question: Why do you suppose Edgar was in Chadwell? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- It was his hometown.\n- He was there on holiday.\n- He was in the making of a film.\n- He was there to have his photograph taken.\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "He was there on holiday.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Britain Today Food British people like good food,and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular-- 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but46% have fish and chips! Sports British people don't do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week,about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf--and only 6% of people play football( but 32% go to watch it ). Cinema and TV Films are very popular in Britain,and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day -- two quarters more than women. Holidays British people love going on holiday,and have 56 million holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK--27% are in Spain,10% are in the USA,and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn't very good! , British people's favorite country for a holiday is _ . A) Spain B) France C) America D) Australia\nA\n\n\n(Question)\nOne day, Mr Smith is going to take a train to his hometown. When the train starts, one of his shoes falls to the ground. The train is going faster and faster, and he can't pick it up. Then he quickly takes off the other shoe and throw it on the ground near the fallen shoe. A little boy on the train asks him, \"Why do you do that? You have lost one shoe. \"Mr Smith answers, \" If a man picks them up, he may get a pair of shoes. \" Mr Smith is going to his hometown _ . A) by bus B) by train C) by bike D) on foot\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\nQues: Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes playing football and watching football matches. And he often reads newspaper. He does his best to know where and when there is going to be a football match. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds a way. \"Hello, Mrs. Black,\" Peter says to his teacher on the telephone. \" Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day's leave .\" \"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that,\" says Mrs. Black, \"But who's that? \" \"It's my father, Mr. Black.\" Peter is a _ . A) middle school student B) Young Pioneer C) worker D) teacher\nAns: A\n\n\n(Q).\nMary's mother waited for her in the car. Mary knew that she would be late if she didn't hurry , but she didn't care. It is her birthday today. Ten minutes later, Mary opened the car door. Her mother said, \"Don't forget to go home with Cindy today.\" Mary felt a little disappointed . She really hoped to have a party today, but her mother had to work late tonight. She promised Mary that they could have a party next week. \"I won't forget,\" replied Mary. When she arrived at school, she got out of the car and said goodbye to her mother. It seemed that her mother didn't care. Mary walked into the school. She hoped her friends would remember that she turned eight today. \"Hi, Mary. Happy birthday,\" said Julie. Mary smiled and asked, \"Julie, can you come to my party next week?\" Julie said, \"I am sorry Mary, but I can't.\" During the day, things didn't go much better. All of her friends said they could not go to her party next week. At the end of the school day, Mary felt very sad. Evening came and Cindy's mother drove Mary home. When Mary opened the door, the house was dark. Her mother didn't even get home yet! She felt very sad. \"Surprise!\" All the lights in Mary's house came on. Her mother and all of her friends were there! There were many gifts in the living room. Then, she ran into the kitchen. Her mother prepared her favorite meal and a big chocolate cake. \"Thank you, Mom!\" Mary said, happily. Mary felt _ after school finished. A) sad B) happy C) surprised D) relaxed\n(A).\nA\n\n\nQues:Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you're you. And they would do anything for you. Like a lot of middle school students, Zhang Li has a problem. She and her parents don't get on well. \"I really want to be my daddy's good girl. But it seems he just doesn't understand. He talks to me but doesn't listen to me,\" said Zhang Li, a student from Grade Three. Do you and your parents also have problems? Well, why don't you take a walk and have a walk on Saturday? May 15 is International Day of families . On that day, people around the world give thanks for good things about families and work on family problems. A study last year showed that 1500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhang's family. The children, 12 to 15 years old, didn't like talking with their parents much. They weren't happy at home. Of course, lots of other children feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with your parents: find a good time to talk, like when you're eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV. Tell them something you're interested in, or ask them about their lives when they were young. They love to talk about _ ! Listen to them carefully, and look at them in the eyes. Be honest, your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family. The purpose of _ is to let people in the world think more about families and family problems. A) the writer of the article B) International Day of Families C) the story of Zhang Li D) the study of Beijing families\n\nAns:B\n\n\nQues: Mr. Smith drives his car to meet his friends at the station. When he finds there is still quite some time to go before the train arrives, he wants to take a short sleep. He is going to sleep when a young lady comes and asks him the time. Mr. Smith opens his eyes and answers, \"Half past eight.\" With a \"Thank you\" the woman leaves. In a short time, this happens three more times, so Mr. Smith writes \"I don't know the time!\" on a piece of paper and puts it on the window of his car. But only a few minutes later, an old man comes and wakes him up. \"Hi, young man. I can tell you the time. It's nine o' clock.\" The old man wakes Mr. Smith up because _ . A) the old man wants to know the time B) Mr. Smith doesn't know the time C) the old man wants to tell him the time D) Mr. Smith's friend arrives\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: The fast development of modern technology has not only provided people with more income, but also enable them to enjoy long weekends and holidays. Never before have so many people traveled to so many different parts of the world and, with the help of fast, comfortable forms of modern transport, more and more people are tempted to leave their homes to see more of the world. It seems as if there are travelers everywhere. People travel because traveling benefits them in a number of ways. First, it enables them to get much pleasure from sight-seeing and photo-taking. Second, traveling makes them fully relaxed and ready to get back to work happily. Third, it offers them an opportunity to visit old friends and make new friends as well. Finally, it allows them to see different customs, learn new things, gain new experience and enables them to come back with a broader mind. With so many advantages to traveling, I think people should be encouraged to travel from time to time, especially on holidays, if their pocket and health permit. Question: What's the best title of this passage? Answer:\n****\nA: Why people travel\n\n\nProblem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: In the wee hours of the morning, a 26-block neighborhood in San Diego, California, is quiet and peaceful. Most local people won't rise for another five hours, but Ka-sim Morris, 44, is up and out at 2 am. He paints over graffiti , looks out for criminal activity, or installs new waterlines. At about 5 am, Morris takes a quick coffee break and watches for the community's first signs of life. \"If I won the lottery, I would still stay in my community and keep my job,\" Morris confesses. He is the maintenance supervisor for the Adams Avenue Business Association, one of San Diego's 16 Business Improvement Districts (BIDS). A BID is an area in which local businesses agree to pay higher taxes to help rebuild the community. The extra money from higher taxes is used to support neighborhood activities such as installing streetlights, removing graffiti, planting trees, and paying people like Morris, who complete the tasks that help make the community beautiful. For six years, Morris did this work for free! \"We thought he deserved a paying job,\" says Scott Kessler, the association's executive director. Last January, Morris was recognized for his long-term contributions at an awards dinner. \"Morris was an obvious choice for the award,\" Kessler continues. \"He helps make our community the special place that it is.\" Marc Nguyen, 10, who nominated Morris as their Hometown Hero, agrees. \"I see him every day cleaning things up and helping other people,\" says Marc. Morris modestly explains how many people help make the Normal Heights neighborhood special. \"I am not the only one,\" he says. But Morris is the only one responsible for his demanding work schedule. \"Everyone thinks I'm crazy,\" explains Morris. \"But to get the job done right, it's best to start in the early morning.\" Does that sound like a hero talking, or what? Question: The attitude of the local people towards community tasks is _ . Answer:\n****\nA: enthusiastic\n\n\nProblem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: When she was a girl of sixteen and before she began to work in the store , Alice had dated a young man. The young man, named Ned Currie, was older than Alice. He was employed on the local newspaper and for a long time he went to see Alice almost every evening. Together the two walked under the trees through the streets of the town and talked of what they would do with their lives. Alice was then a very pretty girl and one night Ned took her into his arms and kissed her. He became excited and said things he did not intend to say and Alice, betrayed by her desire to have something beautiful come into her narrow life, also grew excited. She also talked. The outer crust of her life , all of her natural shyness and reserve, was torn away and she gave herself over to the emotions of love. When,late in the fall,Ned went away to Cleveland to try to get a place on a city newspaper and rise in the world , she wanted to go with him. _ she told him what was in her mind. \"I will work and you can work,she said. \"I don't want to tie you to a needless expense that will stop you making progress. Don't marry me now. We'll get along without that and we can be together. Even though we live in the same house, no one will say anything. In the city we'll be unknown and people will pay no attention to us.\" Ned was puzzled by his sweetheart's determination and was also deeply touched. He had wanted a girlfriend just to relieve the boredom of his life but had changed his mind. He now wanted to protect her and care for her. \"You don't know what you're talking about,he said sharply; \"I'll let you do no such thing. As soon as I get a good job , I'll come back. For the present you'll have to stay here. It's the only thing we can do. On the evening before he left Winesburg, Ned went to call on Alice. They walked about through the streets for an hour and then went for a drive in the country. The moon came up and they found themselves unable to talk. They stopped at a place where a long meadow ran down to the bank of Wine Creek and there in... Question: Ned wrote to Alice almost every day because he . Answer:\n****\nA: did not have anything better to do\n\n\nProblem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: If you know exactly what you want, the best way to get a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training. That's especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor's degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience. But in the long run, too much specialization doesn't pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but . As further evidence of companies gradually losing faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State's Scheetz mentions a pattern in hiring practices. Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. \"They want someone who isn't constrained by details to look at the big picture,\" says Scheetz. This sounds like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts graduates. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems. David Birch, manager of the Boston Red Sox, claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, \"I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,\" says Birch. For a liberal-arts degree, students focus on some basic courses that include literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior--plus a computer course or two. With these useful and important courses, you... Question: David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because they _ . Answer:\n****\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "are more capable of handling changing situations", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Zhao Hua is a student from a university. He has led a group of university student volunteers since last year. They help children at a primary school with their studies and daily lives. \"When I was a small child,\" Zhao said, \"I knew March 5th was a day for people to learn from Lei Feng and help others, but I didn't know the real meaning of the spirit of Lei Feng. Now when I see the smiling faces of the kids I have helped, I deeply understand Lei Feng. Helping others makes me happy.,' Lei Feng (1940-1962) is one of the best-known soldiers in Chinese history. He lost his parents when he was very young. His neighbors brought him up. He died in an accident at the age of 22. He did many _ in his short life. For example, he gave his own money to the parents of another soldier, and bought a ticket for a woman he didn't know without telling her his name. On March 5th, 1963, Chairman Mao called on people to \"Learn from Lei Feng\" and made the day \"Lei Feng Day\". Today almost 50 years has passed since Lei Feng's death. Some people say that the spirit of Lei Feng is out. There have been many reports about the coldness of people towards strangers. This has made many Chinese people think deeply about themselves. Many people think We need to promote that spirit again. The important thing is that we must be ready to help others and make it a habit. ,,. (5,2,l0) Who brought Lei Feng up? A) His parents B) Chairman Mao C) His neighbors D) Soldiers\nAns: C\n\nQues: Easter is one of the two important Christian festivals.Easter celebrates resurrections of Jesus Christ and Christmas celebrates his birth.It's not a festival as big as Christmas.It starts usually in late March or early April and the Easter holiday is Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.It's quite a long holiday for everybody. The main symbol of Easter is Easter eggs.Children like Easter eggs because they are made of chocolate.Eggs are a symbol of new life. Easter is also a time for families to get together like Christmas.Many people see Easter as a nice long holiday and they have a good time with their families and friends. People begin to celebrate Easter in _ . A) mid-April or late April B) mid-March or late March C) late March or early April D) early March or mid-March\nAns: C\n\nQues: In the UK, most children have their lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner-a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches. Often parents know what their children want. Cath, a mother of three children, told us, \"My children have packed lunches because they say they don't like to have school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.\" However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, \"My daughters have a always had school dinners. I think they probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them.\" But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, \"Fizzy drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips.\" Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews and curries for the children instead. So Jamie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country. And it seems that the changes have begun. Anna, a pupil, told us, \"We used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There's a salad restaurant, which is good, so it's healthier than it was.\" ,. _ would like the children to have the school meals. A) Cath B) Susan C) Kaz D) Jamie\nAns: B\n\nQues: Did you see snow in your hometown last winter? Did you feel it was warmer than before? \"There have been 21 warm winters in China since 1986,\" said scientists. They also said that in the past 100 years, as the global temperatures went up by 0.74 degC , the temperature in North China has climbed 1.4 degC in only 50 years. China needs to take quick action to cut carbon dioxide emission because it's the main reason for global warming. The good news is that China has seen the importance of going green. China set the goal of cutting energy use by 20% and pollution emission by 10% in the 11th Five-Year Plan. Can you slow down global warming? Sure! You and your family can take steps to cut the amount of carbon dioxide that is sent out into the air. Here are some pieces of advice to help you save the earth.. Wear used clothes. Wearing your brother's, sister's or dad's old T-shirt means you save the energy. Change your light bulbs . Use energy-saving light bulbs. And don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave a room and turn off your television and computer when they are not in use! Ride the bus. Taking a bus saves a lot of oil every year. Say no to plastic bags. The next time your parents go to the market, ask them to use baskets Open a window. Don't use the air conditioner, and let some fresh air in. When you have to use the conditioner, set the temperature higher in the summer and lower in the winter to save energy. Make small changes in your daily life. Don't use paper cups, bags and boxes. It's time for all of us to do something to save the earth. The passage is mainly about the ways to _ . A) slow down global warming B) make energy C) change our daily life D) change the world weather\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: A study made by University of Sussex found that men and women who frequently used several types of technology at the same time had less grey matter in a key part of the brain . The researchers said : \" Simultaneously , using mobile phones , laptops and other media devices could change the structure of our brains . \" Worryingly , the part of the brain that shrinks is involved in processing emotion . The finding has linked multi-tasking with a shortened attention span , depression , anxiety and lower grades at school . The researchers began by asking 75 healthy men and women how often they divided their attention between different types of technology . This could mean sending a text message while listening to music and checking email , or speaking on the phone while watching TV and surfing the web . The volunteers were then given brain scans which showed they had less grey matter in a region called the anterior cingulated cortex ( ACC ) . The findings held even when differences in personality were taken into account . The study , published in the journal PLOS ONE , is the first to make a link between multi-tasking and the structure of the brain . Researcher KepKeeLoh said : \" Media multi-tasking is become more popular in our lives today and there is growing concern about its impacts on our cognition and social-emotional well-being . \" He added that more researches are needed to prove that multi-tasking shrinks the brain . This is because it is also possible that people with less grey matter in the ACC are more likely to use lots of devices simultaneously . Scientists have previously described brain structure can be altered on prolonged exposure to new environments and experience . Other studies have shown that training - such as learning magic or taxi drivers learning the map of London - can increase grey matter densities in certain parts . Question: What's the purpose of the passage ? Yes or no, is the answer \"To inform people of the findings of a research .\"?\nNo\n\n\nArticle: Carnival does not take place only in Louisiana. There are many celebrations around the world. In Brazil, the celebration is supposed to go on from the Saturday before Mardi Gras to Mardi Gras Day, but in some Brazilian cities the celebration can last seven or eight days. Just like New Orleans, not many important things are decided in Brazil from New Year's Day to Mardi Gras Day because everyone is preparing for or celebrating carnival. Most Brazilian parades have a subject, which could be political and historical. The parades had to have a subject related to Brazil until 1996. Some cities in Brazil do not have a street carnival but they might have an indoor ball. Bolivia has carnival parades for children and then more parades for adults. The children dress up in costumes and march in the streets. The adults make traditional dance groups and dance in the streets. But the main part of Bolivia's carnival is getting wet. Almost everyone gets wet from water balloons and water buckets. In Oruru, Bolivia, their carnival is held in the last ten days of the carnival season. People there participate in crafts and dancing, but their main carnival event is a ceremonial parade that lasts for twenty hours and parades for four kilometers. Over 20,000 dancers are involved as well as 10,000 musicians. This parade attracts at least 400,000 people. The carnival in Venice, Italy is often regarded as the most carefully prepared carnival and lasts the ten days before Lent . Many events are held in the canals including shows, concerts, dances, and water processions . The official ending to the celebration is the ball held in St. Mark's Square. Question: From the passage we learn that in Brazil _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"not all cities have a street carnival\"?\nYes\n\n\nQ: Article: The illegal ivory trade has been a major problem in Africa for decades. Poachers and hunters have killed off hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain this precious material. Now, affected areas are taking action. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Wednesday that key states where poaching takes place have promised to stop the ivory trade and protect Africa's elephants. In the 1980s, as many as 1 million elephants across Africa were killed for their ivory tusks. This continued until 1989, when the Convention on International Trade in Species (CITES) voted to ban all trade in ivory. With trade , demand for ivory fell. Elephant populations slowly began to increase. However, this progress was short-lived. According to the IUCN, 2011 saw the highest levels of poaching and illegal ivory trading in at least 16 years. Around 25,000 elephants were killed in Africa that year. Preliminary data from the IUCN shows even higher levels of illegal trade may have been reached in 2013. \"With about 22,000 elephants illegally killed in 2012, we continue to face a critical situation,\" said John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. \"Current elephant poaching in Africa remains far too high, and could soon lead to local extinctions if the present killing rate continues.\" At the African Elephant Summit, key African states where elephants make their home agreed to develop a \"zero-tolerance attitude\" towards poaching. The deal calls for maximum sentences for poachers and hunters, and increased cooperation between affected states. Officials are determined to classifying wildlife trading as a serious crime -- and to making sure that the people who commit it are punished. All participants at the conference agreed to sign the deal. With these states coming together, there may yet be hope for elephants. (293 words) Question: What's the main idea of this passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"A new agreement aims to develop a \"zero-tolerance attitude\" towards poaching.\"?\nA: No\n\n\nArticle: When the musical sound rings you, you immediately reach for your pocket ready to have a chat. But although you probably use it all the time, have you ever thought about the manners related to talking on the phone? If you haven't, here are some tips to guide you. *Always give the person you are calling plenty of time to get to the phone before you hang up. If the person who answers is not the one you want, give your name and ask if you may speak to the person you want. *Think about the time you call people. Try not to call too early in the morning (before about 9:00) or too late at night (after about 9:30). Also try not to call at mealtimes. *If you go by plane to visit your relatives at Christmas, remember to follow airline instructions. Cell phone must be turned off as soon as the plane doors are closed and remain so until the doors open again on arrival. *When you're face to face with someone, do not talk on the phone. It is rude to be on the phone when a waiter is trying to take your order in a restaurant, or when you are returning the shoes you have just been trying on in a shop. Finish any face-to-face business before taking a call. Continuing to use the phone while nodding to the person in front of you is quite impolite. *When in a restaurant with your friends, keep phone conversations short. Make a call only if it is important. Practice speaking in a low voice. If no one turns to your way, _ . *If you go to a theatre, a concert or a cinema, consider the other people around you. Check that your phone is \"off\" before you enter. If you are expecting a very important call, put your phone on \"vibrate\" and run for the exit as soon as you feel it. If you forget both \"off\" and \"vibrate\" and your phone rings, don't answer it, turn it off straight away. Question: What does the underline sentence \"... you've got it.\" mean in the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"You have succeeded in making a call without disturbing others.\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yes", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: At school many things happen to us. We may feel excited when we have success in a school play. We may feel sorry if we lose an important game. We want to keep the memory for the rest of our lives. How to keep the memory? Our English teacher, Miss Wang, has taught us a good way of remembering things to make our own yearbook. What is a yearbook? A yearbook is a kind of book which is used to keep the memory of exciting moments. It's usually made at the end of the year. Last December, we began to make our yearbook. First we chose the persons who had done something special, then some students interviewed them, some wrote down their stories, others took photos of them. Everyone in our class had something to do. Finally our teacher helped us to put the things together. We had our first yearbook. All of us put a lot of love into making the yearbook. It is so wonderful that not only the students but also our parents and teachers will remember the special time for ever. Question: A yearbook is made to _ . Options: A: take notes B: keep the memory C: do their homework D: remember English words\n(A).\nB\n\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Christmas Eve was tomorrow. I hoped one of the packages that held a camera had already been placed under the Christmas tree. It was the only thing I wanted. I had been _ to my parents. I love taking photos. My bedroom walls are covered with photos I had taken with my mom's old camera. I'm always trying to capture those perfect moments in which you can hear the laughter or touch the beautiful scene, but my camera has always seemed to fall short. I knew Mom had put a few presents under the tree this morning, so I went on a hunt in my mom's room. I opened the door and found my Christmas present was lying unwrapped on the floor -- a big pink cat. I felt so disappointed. Mom seemed to notice that, and she tried to cheer me up. \"Stacy, I got your present today. I am so excited to surprise you!\" \"I can't wait,\" I said. The next day I couldn't wait any longer. I needed to tell her. \"Mom, may I talk to you for a second?\" \"Sure, dear. What do you need to talk about?\" she asked. And so it came -- how upset I was that I was getting a cat. \"Stacy, that cat is for your sister Julia!\" she said with a smile. \"Then what am I getting?\" I asked. She just smiled. \"You'll have to wait and see.\" Next morning, I happily got into the living room and sat next to the tree. I pulled out the box with my name on it and opened the wrapping paper to find ... My camera! \"Thank you!\" I said to both Dad and Mom. Dad picked up the camera and took a picture of Julia, Mom and me. It has become one of my favorite pictures. Just on that Christmas morning, I took lots of photos with my camera -- my little sister making a face, my parents giving me a soft smile -- and all of these photos have come to mean one thing to me: love. Question: What would be the best title for the passage? Options: A: A Christmas gift as wished B: Love is more important than gifts C: A wonderful Christmas D: Love can not be bought\n(A).\nA\n\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Last summer, two nineteenth-century cottages were rescued from remote farm fields in Montana, to be moved to an Art Deco building in San Francisco. The houses were made of wood. These cottages once housed early settlers as they worked the dry Montana soil; now they hold Twitter engineers. The cottages could be an example of the industry' s odd love affair with \"low technology,\" a concept associated with the natural world, and with old-school craftsmanship that exists long before the Internet era. Low technology is not virtual --so, to take advantage of it, Internet companies have had to get creative. The rescued wood cottages, fitted by hand in the late eighteen-hundreds, are an obvious example, but Twitter's designs lie on the extreme end. Other companies are using a broader interpretation of low technology that focuses on nature. Amazon is building three glass spheres filled with trees, so that employees can \"work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting.\" At Google's office, an entire floor is carpeted in glass. Facebook's second Menlo Park campus will have a rooftop park with a walking trail. Olle Lundberg, the founder of Lundberg Design, has worked with many tech companies over the years. \"We have lost the connection to the maker in our lives, and our tech engineers are the ones who feel impoverished , because they're surrounded by the digital world,\" he says. \"They're looking for a way to regain their individual identity, and we've found that introducing real crafts is one way to do that.\" This craft based theory is rooted in history, William Morris, the English artist and writer, turned back to pre-industrial arts in the eighteen-sixties, just after the Industrial Revolution. The Arts and Crafts movement defined itself against machines. \"Without creative human occupation, people became disconnected from life,\" Morris said. Research has shown that natural environments can restore our mental capacities. In Japan, patients are encouraged to \"forest-bathe,\" taking walks through woods to... Question: The writer mentions the two nineteenth-century cottages to show that _ . Options: A: Twitter is having a hard time B: old cottages are in need of protection C: early settlers once suffered from a dry climate in Montana D: Internet companies have rediscovered the benefits of low technology\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: An earthquake may happen at any time. It's best for us to know what to do, where to safe and who to _ during the earthquake. The following information will help you. Remember: Prepare your personal earthquake bag. Collect these items and keep them somewhere near you. Water, food, medicine, mobile, phone, torch ,personal washing things, blanket, money. Remember: Drop, Hide, Hold and contact. Drop to the floor and protect your head and neck with your arms. Hide yourself beside something like a table, a bed and so on. Hold the furniture so that you won't move away during the earthquake. Contact family friends to tell them where you are. Remember: Never do these things. Stand to the close to the buildings stand under the trees or signs because it's better for you to stand in an open space. Go too close to the power lines because you may be badly hurt by electricity. ,. Options: A The Personal Earthquake Bag. B The reasons of the Earthquake. C Different Kinds of Earthquakes. D It's Better to be Safe than Sorry. Answer: D It's Better to be Safe than Sorry. Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: Which is the best title of the passage?\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Come to Austria! Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. The Post Hotel, opened by a local family, is clean and not expensive. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forest and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20degCto 25degCin the daytime, but much cooler at night. Enjoy Thailand! When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, do not miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating Market just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. There you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don't forget your hat and sunglasses: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40degCat noon! Visit Hawaii! Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but be careful: there are many mosquitoes , and don't be surprised if it rains in the center of the land. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24degCto 26degCby the sea, and only a little cooler in late evening. Options: A in the boats B in the street C in big stores D in small shops Answer: A in the boats Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: You can buy things _ at the Floating Market in Bangkok.\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: One day, I went to see my last patient, an old woman. In the doorway, I saw she was struggling to put socks on her swollen feet in the bed. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, read her chart noting . I was almost in the clear that she was not in serious condition. I asked, \"Could I help put on your socks? How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they're better today. The nurse mentioned you're anxious to see your son. He's visiting you today. It's nice to have a family visit. I think you really look forward to seeing him.\" \"Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.\" She said with a serious voice. I was surprised as I helped her with the socks. She told me that her only son lived across from her house, but she had not seen him for five years. She believed that was the main cause of her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen. Each story is different. Some are detailed and others are simple. Some have a beginning, middle and end but others don't have clear ends. Some are true but others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard -- without interruption or judgment . It was that woman who taught me the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected accident, I became a patient. 20 years later, I sit all the time -- in a wheelchair. For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair. I believe in the power of listening. Options: A Her son lived close to her house. B Listening is powerful medicine. C The old woman didn't need the doctor's treatments. D The doctor has to \"walk\" with the help of a wheelchair. Answer: C The old woman didn't need the doctor's treatments. Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: Which statement is NOT right according to the passage?\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Hello, I'm Linda. This is a photo of my friend's family. Her name is Jane. These are her parents, Jeff Brown and Emily Brown. Those are her brothers, Harry and Dick. Is that her grandfather? Yes, it is. His name is Henry. . Options: A sisters B brothers C cousins D parents Answer: B brothers Question:\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Harry and Dick are _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Originally, both the British and the American spoke with a rhotic accent. Rhotic essentially means an accent where the letter \"r\" is pronounced strongly after a vowel . Rhotic accents are strong in both the US and Scotland, but seem to have disappeared from British English and its _ , such as Australian English and New Zealand English. The major American accent -- the typical accent of the mid-western US -- is rhotic, and British English is, as a rule, non-rhotic. Specifically, US speakers pronounce every \"r\", wherever they appear in a word. Most British speakers (and you will note that there are some British Isle accents that are strongly rhotic, like US) do not pronounce every \"r\". Americans stress the \"r\" at the end of words such as \"teacher\" or \"neighbour\", but in many non-rhotic British accents it is more of a \"schwa\" (an unstressed sound) so it comes out as, \"teacha\" (unstressed) or \"neighba\". This main difference also differs across the country of origin. For example, the US has a clear difference in the accents between people of the north and south, not to mention less clear differences across the states. Similarly, British people have a different accent according to their locality. The \"cockney \" accent is greatly different to the middle and upper class accents. Another common difference appears to be that Americans pronounce words such as \"herbal\" without the \"h\". Syllables may be stressed differently, too. \"Oregano\" in the US tends to be pronounced \"o-reg-a-no\" while in British English it is more likely to be \"o-reg-AH-no\". Question: American people trend to pronounce words like \"herbal\" with the \"h\" _ . - stressed - silent - changed - loud\n(Answer)\nsilent\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: When should a child start learning to read and write? This is one of the questions I am most frequently asked. There is no hard and fast rule, for no two are alike, and it would be wrong to set a time when all should start being taught the intricacies of reading letters to form words. If a three-year-old wants to read(or even a two-year-old for that matter), the child has the right to be given every encouragement. The fact that he or she might later be \"bored\" when joining a class of non-readers at child school is the teacher's affair. It is up to the teacher to see that such a child is given more advanced reading material. Similarly, the child who still cannot read by the time he goes to junior school at the age of seven should be given every help by teachers and parents alike. They should make certain that he is not dyslexic(having difficulty in reading). Although parents should be careful not to force youngsters aged two to five to learn to read( if badly done it could put them off reading for life ), there is no harm in preparing them for simple recognition of letters by labeling various items in their rooms. For instance, tie a nice piece of cardboard to their bed with BED written in neat, big letters. Should the young child ask his parents to teach him to read, and if the parents are capable of doing so, such an attraction should not be ignored. But the task should never be made to look like a hard job and the child should never be forced to continue, or his interest should start to flag. Question: The purpose of labeling items in the room is to _ . - make it more colorful - help children recognize simple letters - force children to develop the habit of reading - teach children to write neatly\n(Answer)\nhelp children recognize simple letters\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Losing a baby tooth can be fun for a kid. You can put it under your pillow and look forward to finding some money there in the morning. And then you can watch your new permanent tooth grow in its place. But if a permanent tooth falls out, that's a problem. There isn't another one under the gum that can replace it. Unfortunately, this happens to some older people. And if permanent teeth fall out-or need to be pulled-an older person might need dentures. Dentures, known as false teeth, are a set of replacement teeth for any teeth that are missing. There are partial dentures, which take the place of only a few teeth and prevent the others from changing position. If all the teeth are gone, the person would need complete dentures, which replace every tooth in the mouth. Dentures can cause pains at first and take little time to get adjusted to. They also need special care. They should be brushed daily with a special denture brush and cleanser and soaked in denture solution when not in the mouth. Dentures are important for older folks because, without teeth, it's hard to smile, talk, and eat properly. But it can be a little _ if you see someone take out his or her dentures. It can also be strange to see someone, like a grandparent, without dentures in because he or she won't have any teeth. Try not to make fun of the person because this could cause hurt feelings. People usually lose their permanent teeth due to periodontal disease, or gum disease, which is caused by bacteria that attacks the gums. Diseased gums aren't strong and healthy, so teeth can get loose and fall out. Older people often have many cavities that have been filled over the years, and these fillings can weaken over time, leading to more tooth decay. Question: A person wearing dentures_. - should brush them with a special denture brush every few days - will take a very long time to adjust himself or herself to them - will experience unpleasant feelings at the beginning of fixing them - should use denture solution to soak them in his or her mouth\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "will experience unpleasant feelings at the beginning of fixing them", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem:OPTIONS:\n- dislikes\n- doesn't like\n- likes\n- doesn't want\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: I live in a small doll's house in a young girl's room. The girl is called Danielle. She loves me very much. She puts beautiful clothes on me and combs my hair every day. I look like a lady from the Tang Dynasty in China. My clothes are red and blue. I wear golden shoes and small gold hair clips. Danielle is going to take me to Japan for the Doll Festival. I can see many dolls there. Sometimes I feel lonely because I am Danielle's only doll and I never see other dolls. I want to talk with other dolls. I want to talk about our clothes, houses and lives. I want to ask the Japanese dolls a lot of questions. I want to ask the Kokeshi dolls why they have no arms or legs! They are usually little girls. I like to talk to young dolls. Danielle says I can meet some boys' dolls at the festival too. I hope I can make friends with some of them. Question: The writer _ to go to the Doll Festival. Answer:\n****\nA: likes\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Little stream ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert. \"I went through so many difficulties.I should have no problem crossing the desert,\" she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed. \"Maybe I can't reach the ocean,\" she said sadly to herself. At this time, a deep voice said, \"If a breeze can cross the desert,so can a river.\" It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered, \"That's because a breeze can fly, but I cannot.\" \"That's because you _ what you are. Let yourself evaporate into the breeze, and it can take you across,\" said the desert. \"Give up what I am now? No!No!\" The little stream could not accept this idea. \"The breeze can carry the vapor across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,\" said the desert. \"And whether you're a river or vapor, your nature never changes.\" Hearing this,the little stream went into the open arms of breeze. It carried her to the next stage of her life. The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success, you should also change the way you are sometimes. Question: What's the main idea of the passage? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Give up what you have\n- How to cross the desert\n- Change means success\n- The little stream and the desert\nChange means success\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Sometimes we feel good, such as when we get good grades or when something good happens. Sometimes we feel bad, such as when we argue with our classmates or when the teachers criticize us. Both kinds of feelings are common. Of course, we all enjoy good feelings, but when we feel unhappy, sometimes we don't know what to do about it. Here is a plan that will help you when your feelings are bothering you. 1. ACCEPT your feelings. Say to yourself, \"I am sad. \" \"I am scared. \" \"I am angry. \" \"I am embarrassed. \" It's all right to have these feelings. 2. RELAX and have a rest before you act. Take slow deep breaths and relax your body. Imagine that you are in a safe place. You can listen to some music or sing a beautiful song ! 3. THINK about ways to help yourself. Thinking helps you do something smart instead of hurting yourself or making things worse. 4. DO something to help yourself. Maybe you can talk to someone, or do something you enjoy. _ , go back to Step 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- We felt good when we won the prize in the competition.\n- We felt bad when we lost our expensive things.\n- We can say to ourselves that we are pleased when we feel bad.\n- We can tell someone about our bad feelings when we are sad.\n\nAnswer: We can say to ourselves that we are pleased when we feel bad.\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: That warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair. \"Hi! My name is Karmen,\" I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said, \"Hello, Karmen. I'm Henrietta.\" Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered Henrietta to be one of my best friends. One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she still didn' t _ . So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will, which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly. Though several years have gone by, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remember the wonderful friendship we had. Question: In order to thank the writer, the old lady decided to _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- give the writer her favourite flowers.\n- let the writer know she was her best friend.\n- give the writer a key to her house.\n- leave all that she had to the writer.\nAnswer: leave all that she had to the writer.\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- It's is on the bed.\n- It's is in the desk.\n- It is on the wall.\n- It is next to the books.\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: My name is David. I am an English boy. My families are in Beijing. My father and mother work there. I have a sister, but no brothers. My sister and I are students of a middle school in Beijing. We love China. We have a nice house in Beijing. My room is big. There is a bed, a desk and a computer in it. My books are on my desk and next to my computer. There are some pop singers' pictures on the wall. I like them. Question: Where is the computer? Answer:\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is next to the books.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Do your parents ever say \"do it like a lady\" or \"be a gentleman\" to you? But in the eyes of today's students, what should a lady or a gentleman be like? Let's take a look. What is a gentleman? _ ? _ : A gentleman doesn't always get angry . He wants others to be well and happy. He's always ready to help others. There is a boy in my class I think he is a gentleman. If I don't do well in the English exam, he will say \"You will do better next time\". That makes me feel happy. _ : A gentleman always says, \"Ladies first\". When students clean the classroom, he always does heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first. There are no gentlemen in my class. When there is something to eat, the boys in my class always get them before girls! What is a lady? Boys tell us what they think a lady is: _ : A lady is kind and quiet ,but she's not shy and she can talk about her ideas in front of others. To me, Dong Jie, a film star, is a lady. She is pretty and kind. She does a lot for others. _ : A lady is not just beautiful but clever. She never says bad words. She is quiet and kind to others. I don't think there is a lady in my class. Most of the girls are _ , I think. Question: Which of the following is the best title for this passage? Options: A: Here's what teachers think B: Here's what students think C: Girls have their ideas D: Boys have their ideas\nB\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Mary is four years old. She likes to ask questions. Her questions are often funny. One day Mary goes to see her uncle with her father. Her uncle lives in _ city. The city isn't near their city, so they take a bus to go there. After many hours, they get to Mary's uncle's city. He is very happy to see them. The next morning, Mary's uncle takes her and her father out and shows them around . \"Look at that big house,\" says her uncle. \" It's the oldest house in the city.\" \"How old is it?\" her father asks. \"It is about 2100 years old,\" her uncle answers.\"How can that be?\" Mary says. \"It's only 2015 this year!\" ,. Question: How do Mary and her father go to the city? Options: A: By taxi. B: On foot. C: By train. D: By bus.\nD\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Passage 1 Captain Good fellow Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children at the City Theater on Saturday morning at 10:00, free. Films at the Museum Two American films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theater. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898. International Picnic Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p. m. Take me out to the Ball game It's October, and Saturday night (7:00-9:00) is your last chance to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold. Don't forget sweaters and jackets. Do you want to hear \"The Zoo\" \"The Zoo\", a popular music group from Australia, will give their first U.S. concert this Saturday night, at 8:00 in Rose Hall, City College. ,. Question: \"The Zoo\" is _ . Options: A: a U.S. concert B: a park with many red birds in it C: a music group D: going to give their last concert\nC\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read. The blind can read by using _ - a system of small bumps that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerjee, made a new Braille writer from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo - a combination of the words Braille and Lego. It costs just $ 350. It works by changing electronic text into Braille and then printing it using a computer or mobile machine. Banerjee designed his Braigo last year for a school science exhibition. Since then, he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the USA. The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjee's machine last November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $35, 000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer at Intel. He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying:\"We as parents started to be interested more, thinking that he's on to something and this invention has to continue.\" Banerjee told the AP News: \"My dream would probably be having most of the blind people...using my Braigo.\" Question: How much will one save if he buys a Braigo instead of a usual Braille writer? Options: A: Over $2,000. B: Less than $350. C: Exactly $35,000. D: At least $1,650.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: \"Meh\" That is the best way to describe it. It was breakfast... I guess I should have stuck with the basics! Once again, I figured I would get something I don't normally make at home.. eggs benedict. Everything on them was good except the crucial part... a runny yolk. Well, they got it 1/2 right... ONE of them was runny and the other was a bouncy ball. Argh... seriously?! As far as the rest, the coffee was blah and the home fry things were nothing great either. I got a wild hair up my ass and decided the grits sounded good as a side (I was talking with an attractive southern girl and I guess that got me thinking grits for some reason). Well, they were at least good thankfully. So pretty much for the money, 2 stars it is here. If you need something while staying at the hotel and don't feel like going out, go ahead and try this. Otherwise, do yourself a favor and go for a walk and find a cheaper breakfast somewhere else. And seriously, if you are reading this review and thinking about coming here for something other than breakfast, or coming here and NOT staying at the hotel... well, you are just not Yelp material my friend.\n\n\nQ: positive\n\nA: The Double Down Saloon is truly one of \" the happiest places on Earth.\" The outside facade of the bar displays this slogan in bright white capital letters. My college buddy and a couple of friends from my neighborhood know my style fairly well. I do need to be happy especially at times like this. The Double Down Saloon is my kind of bar. Pool table, a great jukebox easy on the attitude. The locals prefer to go with the special which is the Schlitz and the ass juice. Formulated differently each night.....the only important criteria for ass juice is that it be pinkish brown and go well with beer. Oh yeah, it was indeed appropriately named. The combination of beer and a sweet concoction of 'god knows what' was actually quite good. My Vegas friends tell me all the time to get away from that awful strip for awhile to maintain my sanity here and here's where you do it. The Double Down Saloon. Although the Double Down doesn't serve food I believe its a city ordinanace in Las Vegas that any business not involving pre-school children provide gambling opportunities What impressed me was the local folk. Always eager to lend a helping hand. By this, I mean the gambling aspect. The bar is aligned with all kinds of slot machines and games I don't know how to play, however my new friends (Lisa and Rachel) were there for the rescue. Lisa asks me if we are looking for some local stuff to do. My friend answers by saying \" we need to keep his mind clean and pure away from that nasty strip.\" Lisa and Rachel quickly say \" yeah, I agree, we can help you guys with that. Well, we have to take off but it was really good meeting you and your friend. Here is my number. Definitely give me a call if you're interested in checking out the real Las Vegas \" Should I befriend these ladies? My buddy says \"always.\" I say \" so we should call these two up?\" He says \" yeah, sure, why not? I trust them .\" First of all, I'm going to enjoy my time at the Double Down and then I'll think about calling. I want to look around \" the happiest place on Earth \" for awhile because this place is one of a kind. Graffiti walls, stickers on every inch inside and hanging ornaments give this place a dirty and cheap look but in a good way. We also heard from other local people that rock/ punk metal bands play until 3am or even 4am! That's unheard of in L.A.! After a couple of rounds of ass juice and Schlitz. My party and I decide to take off . I admit after leaving the \"happiest place on Earth.\" I felt strangely happy.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: Way overpriced for the selection of food you get, not worth waiting in line for. The night we were there there was a limited amount of dessert choices. The the stuff that wasn't cooked , tuna poke, tuna sushi, and the ceviche were excellent, but the cooked entrees were average at best. We found that there are a bunch of inexpensive restuarants that serve awesome food when you get away from the Strip. So my advice is to save your money, and go to some place like Da Lat were you can get a lot of awesome food for a reasonable price.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a negative review for a place\nOutput: This store is difficult to get through, and most of the time, if I'm not desperately in the need for something, I avoid it. The only perk is the location for the people of Marley Park and surrounding neighborhoods. The staff is slow and VERY rude. Some of them will give you lip for asking for a receipt. Overpriced as well. Avoid if you can.\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: The hustle and bustle of sight seeing can take a lot out of a traveller. Recharge at this lovely Chinese tea house. After a hectic day of walking all over old Montreal I stopped by this little shop and was transported to ancient China. The tea is sublime, the cookies were delicious and tasted homemade, the ambiance of the tea house was second to none. After half an hour of drinking and eating I noticed that I could barely hear the outside traffic of pedestrians. If you are in old Montreal and plan on seeing the Notre Dame Basilica, stop by this tea house, it is a block away from it. Refresh and enjoy!\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I'd have to agree that it is a little pricey but the location is good and when you are in a pinch and you are close, they have what you need to get the job done. I'll go back if I need to and I'm in the area.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: We were on the way from Hutchinson to Chicago for a short spring break. For many years I had wanted to take my family on the train. We all had been to Chicago four years ago, and the kids loved it. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, too, so the thought struck me again last fall to ride the train to Chicago. Of course, flying would have been faster. But I don't think flying is easier, especially these days, with all the security and waiting in lines at airports. Though we were tired in the middle of the night, the kids got on the train with the _ of this adventure. \"We're moving,\" my son William shouted happily with big eyes as the train began to pull away from the Hutchinson station. I removed my shoes and lay down to try to finish my night's sleep. The sleeper car would have better enabled that, but the ordinary train seats were not too bad. An airline flight is a more miserable experience for me: not enough room, two hours of pain with my knees almost touching my chin, the hard seatback in front cracking my kneecaps with every move of the body planted in front of me. On the train I could almost outstretch all of my 6-foot-2-plus body in the generous legroom. The journey didn't feel at all as long as it was. We all found the train ride a joy. The car ride would have felt every minute of 13 hours. But on the train you are free to walk around, sit in the observation carriage for a while and enjoy the scenery out the windows, have a nice meal in the dining car, read a book, or play a board game. In short, the train is all about enjoying the trip, which isn't something I do so much when traveling by airline or by car, when the trip seems more of a mission to get there than an experience to enjoy along the way. Chicago offers much to do for a family. This time, getting there was half the fun.\nA: Question: Which of the following words best describes the whole family's feeling about the train journey?Options:A Moved.B Delighted.C Disappointed.D Nervous.Answer:B\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Dogs are prone to complex emotions such as jealousy and pride, according to scientific research that sheds new light on their relationship with humans. Dogs do not like seeing their owners offering affection to other creatures, especially other dogs, and react negatively when their owners bring home new partners, the research found. Psychologists previously believed most animals lack the \"sense of self\" needed to experience so-called secondary emotions such as jealousy, embarrassment or guilt. These emotions are more complex than feelings associated with instant reaction such as anger, lust or joy. Dr Friederike Range, of theprefix = st1 /UniversityofVienna's neurobiology department, has shown that dogs feel intensely jealous when they spot that they are unfairly treated compared with other dogs. The dog study is the latest into several species, including cows, horses, cats and sheep, which have shown that animals are far more self-aware than we thought. Dr Paul Morris, a psychologist at theUniversityofPortsmouthwho studies animal emotions, told The Sunday Times, \"We are learning that dogs, horses, and perhaps many other species are far more emotionally complex than we ever realised. They can suffer simple forms of many emotions we once thought only primates could experience. \" In research among dog owners, Dr Morris found almost all of them reported jealous behaviour by their pets. The dog often tried to keep their owner away from a new lover in the early days of a relationship. Behavioural experts recommend owners keeping their dogs' routine as much as possible when a new partner or child comes along in order to prevent jealous activities from the dog such as interruptions with barking.\nAnswer: Question: Dogs are likely to feel _ when they saw their owners bring home a new pet cat.Options:A depressedB impressedC delightedD excitedAnswer:A\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: While it is impossible to live completely free of stress,it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can't be avoided.The US Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to deal with stress. *Try physical activity When you are nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. Running,walking,playing tennis,and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try. *Take care of yourself You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest. If you easily get angry and can't sleep well enough, or if you're not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations.If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping,you should consult a doctor. *Make time for yourself Schedule time for both work and entertainment.Don't forget,play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun.Go window-shopping or work on a hobby.Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy. *Make a list of things to do Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that \"there's so much to do,and not enough time\".Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result,you may not achieve anything.Instead,make a list of everything you have to do,then do one thing at a time,checking off each task as it is completed.Set out to do the most important task first.\n****\n[A]: Question: Which of the following statements shows that you have fallen into stressful situations?Options:A You can't sleep well all the time.B You have a break after work.C You always feel happy and relaxed.D You only do one thing at a time.Answer:A\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: If a person forgets names, places or facts --and has trouble with everyday things like reading or shopping --it may not mean you are getting old. It could be Alzheimer's disease. So it's important to see a doctor as soon as you can. There is no cure for Alzheimer's. But a drug called ARICEPT has been used by millions of people to help their symptoms . In studies, ARICEPT has been proved to work for Alzheimer's . It has helped people improve their memory over time. It has also helped them to keep doing everyday things on their own. Ask your doctor if ARICEPT is right for you or your loved one. It is the Number One drug for Alzheimer's in the world. The sooner you know it's Alzheimer's, the better ARICEPT can help . ARICEPT is good for many but may not be good for everyone. Some people may experience not sleeping well, feeling very tired, or not wanting to eat. In studies, these side effects weren't serious at all and went away over time. Some people taking ARICEPT may feel light-headed. In this case you should tell your doctors because your condition may get worse.\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: If one suffers from Alzheimer's, _ .Options:A he has trouble with his memoryB he can't do everyday things on his ownC he often forgets things because he is oldD he can't move aboutAnswer:A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: With hospitals and nursing homes tending to thousands of patients every year accidents can---and do ---happen. These incidents whether they are through carelessness or otherwise, can leave patients feeling powerless. That's not the case. \"There is growing public awareness. People are feeling they have more rights and they have tools in hand to make a complaint,\" said Ralph Montano, spokesman for the California Department of Public Health, which regulates hospitals and long term care facilities in the state. That department received more than 6000 complaints about hospitals in 2007; in the most recent year statistics are available. The complaints can be about mixed-up lab results, medicine errors, foreign objects left in a patient during surgery or a host of other topic. Similarly, the California Department of Aging received 43000 nursing home complaints in 2009. Some said patient abuse or neglect of patients; others reported missing items. And some commented on the quality of the food. But finding the channels through them to put forward a complaint can be tiring and time consumption. Many consumers simply don't bother, and some become lost in the system. Whether the complaint is against a hospital or a long-term care facility, the process is similar--- and many people can help, including the facility's staff, insurance company representatives and state regulators. If you want to make a complaint while in the hospital, Patti Harvey, vice president of quality and patient care services for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, recommends talking with the bedside nurse. If that doesn't work, you can talk with other people higher in the chain of command, up to the hospital administrator. If the problem isn't still taken care of ---say you disagree with your treatment plan or have a problem with your doctor---member service offices at each hospital can help address your concerns. Options: A Peter---a medical officer from the government. B Rudy---a headmaster of a medical university. C Tom---a teacher of a medical school. D Jack---a representative of an insurance company. Answer: D Jack---a representative of an insurance company. Question:\n****\n[A]: Who can help if you complain against a hospital or a long term care facility?\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Since the end of World War I (WWI) in 1918,Canadians, and millions of others around the world have paused at the 11thhour of the 11thday of the 11thmonth to honour the sacrifices our soldiers have made in different wars, fighting for the freedoms that we all enjoy today. Known as Remembrance Day, the day originated as a tribute to the soldiers of WWI, a dark period for our young country, which claimed the lives of over 60,000 military personnel and civilians and over 16 million dead worldwide. As there are no more surviving soldiers of WWI,today we rely on the wisdom and words of those soldiers who fought in the wars that followed,and this day now also recognizes their heroic contribution. They tell us to always remember what those brave souls fought for, and all they ask in return is that we never forget. That's why we wear the red poppy ;that's why when we see a soldier in uniform we should stop him or her and say \"Thank you\" ; that's why we take a pause from our busy lives for two short minutes today to honor that request. Yet this message is fading away, year after year. Take for example the terrible decision to allow parents to excuse students from Remembrance Day ceremonies at school. Not only is this disrespectful, it distances the student from his or her classmates. It is difficult to understand why any Canadian parent would want to remove their child from the time-honored tradition of reading the poem In Flanders Fields, while a wreath of poppies is laid. It is more important than ever to teach school-aged children about our history,no matter how violent it was. Sheltering them from the realities of war is a great disservice. Understanding why conflicts happened, or happen today, can help shape choices and decisions they make as adults. Of course, because we live in a free society, we cannot force an individual to do something. _ is unfortunate, but some parents now have their child \"opt-out\" of the services. These people should be reminded they are free to make such choices only because of the men... Options: A It's only held in Canada. B Its ceremony lasts 11 hours. C It falls on November 11 theach year. D It's to celebrate the country's independence. Answer: C It falls on November 11 theach year. Question:\n****\n[A]: Which of the following is true about Remembrance Day?\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A weather map is an important tool for geographers. A succession of three or four maps presents continuous picture of weather changes. Weather forecasters are able to determine the speed of air masses and fronts to determine whether an individual pressure aroa is deepening or becoming shallow and whether a front is increasing or decreasing in intensity .They are also able to determine whether an air mass is retaining its original characteristics or taking on those of the surface over which it is moving. Thus, a most significant function of the map is to reveal a summary picture of conditions in the atmosphere at a given time. All students of geography should be able to interpret a weather map accurately.Weather maps contain an enormous amount of information about weather conditions existing at the time of observation over a large geographical area. They reveal in a few minutes what otherwise would take hours to describe. The United States Weather Bureau issues information about approaching storms, floods, frosts and all climatic conditions in general. Twice a month it issues a 30-day\"outlook\" which is a rough guide to weather conditions likely to occur over broad areas of the United States. These 30-day outlooks are based upon an anaiysis of the upper air levels which often set the stage for development of air masses, fronts and storms. Considerable effort is being exerted today to achieve more accurate weather predictions, with identifying and tracking storms over regions which have but few meteorological stations. Extensive experiments are also in progress for weathef modification studies. Options: A floods B fronts C temperature changes D frosts Answer: C temperature changes Question:\n****\n[A]:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "One characteristic of weather maps NOT mentioned by the author in this passage is _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.\n\"Yes, and\" is a rule-of-thumb in improvisational comedy that suggests that a participant in a dialogue should accept what another participant has stated (\"Yes\") and then expand on that line of thought or context (\"and...\"). Given a prompt and two responses, identify which response is the type of \"yes, and\". Indicate your answer by 'Response 1' if the first response is correct, otherwise 'Response 2'. Note that a \"Yes, and\" does not require someone explicitly saying 'yes, and...' as part of a dialogue exchange.\n\nPrompt: See, Arlene? That's why I don't talk to you like that because I'm afraid I'll scare our son. \n Response 1: I have 12. Wait, is the key to a success story getting the number to go down? \n Response 2: Oh, Dad. Even that wasn't great.\nSolution: Response 2\nWhy? Response 2 is correct answer because it agrees with the prompt and continues the conversation in the same context.\n\nNew input: Prompt: So, what do you think, Mitch? Do we tow this thing? I mean, it's blocking a lot of spots. \n Response 1: I mean, it's a hospital parking lot. We can't just have a car here with its hazards on forever. \n Response 2: I thought it was your idea. This is like that time we went to Lake Tahoe.\nSolution:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Response 1", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Further education is officially described as the\"post-secondary stage of education, comprising all vocational and non-vocational provision made for young people who have left school, or for adults\". Further education thus embraces the vast range of university, technical, commercial, and art education and the wide field of adult education. It is this sector of education, which is concerned with education beyond the normal school-leaving ages of 16 or 18, that has experienced the most astonishing growth in the number of students. In the 19th century the dominance of Oxford and Cambridge was challenged by the rise of the civic universities, such as London, Manchester, and Birmingham. Following the lead of the 18th century German universities and responding to a public demand for increased opportunity for higher education, Britain's new civic universities quickly acquired recognition--not only in technological fields but also in the fine and liberal arts. Many new post-school technical colleges were founded in the early 20th century. The Fisher Act of 1918 empowered the local authorities to levy a rate (tax) to finance such colleges. The universities, on the other hand, received funds from the central government through the University Grants Committee, established in 1911 and recognized in 1920, after World War I. A new type of technical college was established in the 1960s--the polytechnic, which provides mainly technological courses of university level as well as courses of a general kind in the arts and sciences. Polytechnics are chartered to award degrees validated by a Council for National Academic Awards. Thus, the third level in the United Kingdom is made up of colleges of further education, technical colleges, polytechnics, and universities. The colleges offer full-time and part-time courses beyond compulsory-school level. Polytechnics and universities are mainly responsible for degrees and research. The innovative Open University, with its flexible admission policy and study arrangements, opened in...\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: Post-school technical colleges _ .Options:A were completely free of chargeB were usually financed by local taxesC depended mainly on students' tuitionD received funds from the central governmentAnswer:B\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Once upon a time there lived the daughter of a king. Her name was Safia. Her father and mother loved her very much, and would deny her nothing in the world. One day, a magician came to the palace and asked for sanctuary , saying that he was a professor who was being persecuted by his enemies and had nowhere to write an important book. \"Good professor,\" said the king, \"you shall have a room and everything that you desire, on condition that you may finish your great work.\" So the magician went on with his spells and magic formulas, pretending to be absorbed in scholarly matters. Every Friday, which was the day of rest in that far land, the magician paid his respects to the king and his court, but secretly he desired to take away the king's throne. One day he disguised himself as an old woman and walked under the trees in the palace gardens till he met Safia. \"Princess,\" he said, \"let me be your laundress, for I can wash linens and silks as finely as anyone in the world, and I would do it for almost nothing if I could serve Your Highness.\" \"Good woman,\" said Princess Safia, \"I can see that you are a poor creature and grieve for your condition. Come to my private quarters and I shall give you some of my linen to wash.\" So the disguised magician followed the princess into the palace, and before the girl could see what was happening he bundled her into a laundry bag and ran away as fast as his legs would carry him. He took the princess into his private room. Muttering a magic spell, he made her as small as a doll, and put her in a cupboard. The next Friday he went to the court as usual, and found the whole palace _ \"Princess Safia has vanished, and His Majesty is nearly out of his mind. All the soothsayers have tried to find out through their magical powers where she can be, but none of them have managed it,\" said the Grand Vizier. The wicked magician smiled, for he knew that his spell was so strong that it would defy all the soothsayers in the land until the day of his death.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: The king would accept the magician's request if _ .Options:A he gave the king a rewardB he could finish his great workC he did something for the king's daughterD he would be the king's great soothsayerAnswer:B\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Small discoveries in Indonesia are causing a stir in the science world. Researchers have unearthed tiny bones that they believe belong to an entire new human species. If that's true, it will change how we think about our ancestors. Clues that the little people may have lived long ago were first revealed last year in the scientific journal Nature. Scientists said that they had found the bones of a three-foot-tall female on the island of Flores, in Indonesia. When they looked more closely, they saw that the nearly complete skeleton belonged to a full-grown adult. Researchers named her Hobbit, after the tiny heroes of the Lord of the Rings books. Now the team is saying it has unearthed even more pieces of the puzzle, including a jawbone and parts of arms, legs and hands from several individuals, as well as stone tools. They reported their find in Nature this month. \"The new evidence makes it very clear that these people are a new species, distinct from modern humans,\" Peter Brown, a scientist on the team, said. They named these ancient humans Homo floresiensis. Brown says that these little people lived as recently as 12,000 years ago. If Homo floresiensis was a different species from modern humans, that would make our family tree bigger than we knew. It means, says Brown, that \"until recently, a shared the planet with us.\" Many scientists think a new species is unlikely. Some argue that the bones must have belonged to modern humans whose small size was the result of a genetic problem. Daniel E. Lieberman, a scientist at Harvard University, thinks that the debate over the discovery is healthy. He believes that the questions and arguments raised by critics will help us learn more about these unusual skeletons. \"Disagreement is an important part of the scientific process,\" Lieberman said. \"As far as I'm concerned, the story's only just begun.\"\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: According to Daniel E. Lieberman _ .Options:A Homo floresiensis doesn't existB Disagreement leads to further researchC The investigation hasn't begun yetD Our family tree is bigger than we knewAnswer:B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Do you know the game \"Rock, paper or scissors\"? Maybe you think it's just a simple game for children. But in fact, some adults use it to make decisions and solve their problems. It is also popular in many countries. There are different stories about the history of the game. But many people believe the game came from Japan, and Japanese have played it for a long time. Later it came to Europe in the middle of the 18th century. In 1842, England founded the Paper Scissors Stone Club and from then on people could get together to play the game for honor . There is even an international club named the World Rock Paper Scissors Club in Toronto. The club makes \"Rock, paper or scissors\" more and more popular. It holds the world championship every year. Top players from around the world take part in it and the champion can get a lot of money and the honor of all the fans of \"Rock, paper or scissors\".\n****\n[A]: Question: Who use the game to make decisions and solve problems according to this passage?Options:A Children.B Some adults.C Students.D The old.Answer:B\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: I love My Country is a Dutch TV series, first aired in the Netherlands on March 8, 2008.A tenth season was aired in late 2012, with an 11thseason airing in March, 2013. The show was created by the Dutchman John de Mol and has been sold to at least 25 countries in the world. The series is divided into two teams. Each team, led by its leader, has three members. The teams have to answer questions about their own home country, like \"What is the capital...?\", \"When did our country end the war with...?\"etc. At the end of the programme the winning team gets a bicycle. Big Ideas is a Canadian television series produced by TVOntario, on the air since 2001. The idea of starting the programme came from Wodek Szemberg who worked as the producer of the programme afterwards. The programme show lectures to the public given by famous university educators. Big Ideas airs on TV Ontario on Saturdays and Sundays at 5 pm, with repeat airings at 5 am on Sunday and Monday mornings. In 2007, Big Ideas held its Best Lecture Competition for the second time. Dr. Michael Persinger, from Laurentian University, received the best-lecturer award. The show stopped in the spring of 2013 because TVO had little money for it.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: When can you see Big Ideas on TV?Options:A At 4 pm on Saturdays.B At 5 pm on Sundays.C At 5 pm on Mondays.D At 4 am on Sundays.Answer:B\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Report Card Name: James Stuart Time: January 24th, 2012 Subjects Grades Comments English B+: Your reading and writing are good. But you have a strong accent , so you are not good at speaking. And you do not put much effort into this subject. If you work hard, you can get a better grade in this subject. Physics A+:You are good at this subject. You are hard-working. I am glad that you do best in this subject Math C:You like this subject. But you are not good at this subject because you are a little bit lazy. It is disappointing. You can do better if you try your best. Music B:It is a happy thing to hear you play the piano. You are crazy about the music. Although you like this subject best, your accent has a bad influence on your singing.\n++++++++\nAnswer: Question: Why didn't James get the best grade in music?Options:A He was a little bit lazy.B He had a strong accent.C He didn't play the piano well.D He didn't like the music.Answer:B\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Twenty years ago almost all nurses were women, and almost all pilots were men. Today women fly planes, and men care for patients. The jobs are the same, but not both men and women are working as nurses and pilots. There are many other examples of changing job roles for men and women. Forty years ago there were no women news reporters on television. Now women report the news, the weather, and even men's sports. Women are reporting games and interviewing athletes. Fifty years ago there were almost no women lawyers or doctors, but today over half of all medical students are women. Today men teach very young children. Men work as librarians and secretaries. Some men stay at home to take care of the house and children. They are called \"househusbands\" or \"stay-at-home dads\". However, many women still work as homemakers. Jobs are changing. Today men and women are working in every field.\n\nA: Question: Which one of the following is true about men and women today?Options:A Men like their jobs, but women don't.B Women don't like sports, but men do.C There are no women pilots.D Both men and women take care of children.Answer:D\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Jodie is a good student. She usually gets up at 6:30 in the morning. She has breakfast at home. Then she reads English from 6:30 a. m. to 7:00 a. m. She goes to school at 7:15 a. m. She has four classes in the morning. She usually has lunch at school, but on Sundays she has lunch at home with her family. She has three classes in the afternoon. She goes home at 5:00. She usually has dinner at home. Then she does her homework. She doesn't watch TV in the evening. ,A, B, C, D. (5)\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nQuestion: How many classes does Jodie have a day?Options:A Four classes.B Three classes.C Seven classes.D Eight classes.Answer:C\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: We are all busy talking about and using the Internet ,but how many of us know about the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn' t work well .If one computer in the network broke down ,then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers.If part of the network was not working ,information could be sent through another part.In this way the computer network system would keep on working all the time.At first,the Internet was only used by the government ,but,in the early 1970s, universities,hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still expensive and the Internet was difficult to use.By the start of the 1990s,computers become cheaper and easier to use.Scientists had also developed software that made \"surfing \" the Internet more convenient . Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students. The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people' s life.\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: Which of the following is NOT true?Options:A In the 1960s computer network system went wrong easily.B Computers are much cheaper than before.C Today the Internet is used everywhere.D People had enough softwares to get on-line fifteen years ago.Answer:D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In America, people change jobs ten times during their lives. They change their homes eleven times. Americans like change because they think it _ their lives. In China, some people, of course, don't like change. They want life to be predictable . They want to do the same things every day and to see the same people every day. When something changes, it makes them feel uncomfortable, like a child who can't go to sleep unless all his toys are in their proper places. But can't you see there are many changes in China? People are healthier and they are living longer. People have more money, more food and they are better educated . Without change, our lives would be very boring. It would be like listening to the same song over and over again. Change is a big part of life and we all change in small ways every day --the young get stronger, the old get weaker; we meet new friends; we find new interests. Change is good for China and it will be good for you, too. Question: Some Chinese people don't like change because it makes them feel _ . Options: A: boring B: comfortable C: interesting D: uncomfortable\nAns: D\n\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: According to a recent survey, British teenagers are damaging their health by not getting enough sleep because they are prevented from doing so by electronic gadgets in their bedrooms. According to the Sleep Council, \"junk sleep\" could compete with eating unhealthy junk food as a main worrying lifestyle for parents of teenage children. Among the l, 000 students aged 12 t0 16 who were tested in the survey, 30 percent just slept for 4 to 7 hours a day. Almost a quarter said they fell asleep, more than once a week, while watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic gadgets. \"This is a quite worrying trend \", said Dr Chris Idzikowski of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre. \"What we are seeing is the appearance of terrible junk sleep - sleep that is of neither the length nor the quality it should be.\" Nearly each of the teenagers had a phone, music system or TV in his or her bedroom, with around two-thirds owning all three. Almost one in five of the teenage boys said the quality of their sleep had been influenced by leaving their TVs or computers on. The survey also found that 40 percent of youngsters felt tired each day, with girls aged 15 to 16 feeling the worst. \"Teenagers need to wake up to the fact that to perform well. They need to do something about their sleep. I'm shocked that so few teenagers have noticed ,\" said Idzikowski. Question: Among the students tested in the survey, about _ of them fell asleep while using their electronic gadgets. Options: A: 200 B: 250 C: 300 D: 400\nAns: B\n\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: How to have fun in Chicago without spending a lot of money? Sightseeing The Art Institute of Chicago has a fine collection of photos and paintings. The ticket is $10.00, but go on Tuesdays and you'll get in free. The Sears Tower is the world's third tallest building. By going to the 103rd floor, you can get a view of the whole city. All for only $8.50. Free show There are free concerts in Grant Park in summer. They are held Wednesday through Saturday nights at 7:30 P.M.. Attend the taping of a TV show for free. The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Jenny Jones Show both offer tourists free tickets. For the Oprah Winfrey Show, you'll have to book tickets at least a month before. Places to stay You can get a hotel for $100 to $300 a day. However, you can get a room in the dormitory at Roosevelt University for $215 for a whole week! But you have to stay for 28 days to get this great rate . Question: This passage is written for telling us _ . Options: A: Chicago is a big and beautiful city B: where we can see fine photos and paintings C: how to make a cheap trip in Chicago D: there are many free concerts in Chicago\nAns: C\n\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Skin-diving is a new sport today. This sport take you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are on longer heavy. Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swims nearby, you can catch them with your hands. When you have tanks of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water. To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for Skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of the water. You can get many things from the deep sea. Now you can see that Skin-diving is both useful and interesting. Question: Skin-diving can take you to _ . Options: A: an exciting world B: a new world C: a beautiful world D: an interesting and new world\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Han Dan comes from China, she is a clever and beautiful girl. She studies in a middle school. She has four pen pals. They are from different countries and like different animals. Linda is from America. Her favorite animal is the penguin. The penguin likes ice very much. Lily comes from Australia .The koala is her favorite animal. The koala likes to eat leaves. And it sleeps all day, but it gets up at night. Bob is from India. His favorite animal is the elephant. Grass is the elephant's favorite food. Tom is a Canadian boy. He likes the tiger best. The tiger likes to eat meat. What is Han Dan's favorite animal? It is the panda. Bamboo is panda's favorite. Question: Where is Tom from? Options: A: He's from America B: He's from Canada C: He's from India D: He's from China\nB\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Zhalong is a nature reserve in Heilongjiang in north-east China. It is one of the world's most important wetlands. The reserve covers an area of 210,000 hectares. The area provides food and shelter for wildlife. It is an ideal home for different kinds of plants, fish and birds. Many birds live comfortably in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round, while some only stay there for a short time. There are many fish in the wetlands, and the birds can easily catch them for food. Zhalong has long been called \"the home of the crane\". There are 15 crane species in the world. 8 of them are in China and there are 6 species in Zhalong area. It is an important living area for the rare red-crowned cranes. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world. Every spring and summer, red-crowned cranes lay and hatch their eggs in Zhalong. Some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife. More and more birds are in danger because they do not have enough living space. Many of them died. The Chinese government wants to protect these endangered birds, and they can be safe in Zhalong. Every year, a lot of tourists go to Zhalong to watch birds. This year, members of our Bird-watching Club are going to study the different kinds of birds in Zhalong and the changes in their numbers. The study begins next month. We _ once a year. We are now inviting secondary school students to help. We need more people to help us count and do something to help the birds. Many people do not understand the importance of the wetlands. We hope this information will help them understand and make them actively take action to protect wildlife. Question: The purpose of the article is to _ . Options: A: attract more visitors to pay a visit to Zhalong Nature Reserve B: ask people to take action to protect wetlands and wildlife C: prevent people from watching birds in Zhalong Nature Reserve D: make people around the world know the Birdwatchting Club\n(Answer)\nB\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A Russian, a Cuban, an American businessman and an American lawyer were on a train traveling across England. The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window. \"Why did you do that?\" asked the American businessman. \"There's too much vodka in my country,\" said the Russian, \"And really we have more than we will ever use.\" A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana Cigars. Then he threw his out of the window. \"I thought Cuba is not a rich country,\" the businessman said. \"But you threw that very good cigars out of the window!\" \"Cigars,\" the Cuban answered, \"are the cheapest in my country. We have more of them than we know what to do with.\" The American businessman sat quietly for a moment. Then he got up, caught the lawyer by the arm and threw him of the window. Question: The Russian and the Cuban both wanted to _ . Options: A: tell the businessman that their countries are rich B: prove that they were rich C: ask the two Americans to visit their countries D: make the businessman happy\nAns: A\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: If you want to protect yourself,please remember the following ways of information. These ways will make you safe. Don't use earphones when you are running in the school yard or in the street. You will keep yourself from the outside world and can easily get into trouble. If a stranger is following you, please don't go home directly .You may be safer in the street than you are in your home or in a lift. If necessary, please go and get help from others. When you take a bus, don't sit alone. You should sit behind the driver or with friends. Don't sleep. Your school bag should be carried towards(,)the front of your body. Don't put it on your back. Don't play with matches or candles , because it may cause fire. If it causes fire, please call 119. Question: If it causes fire, _ . Options: A: please call 999 B: please call 110 C: please call 120 D: please call 119\n(A).\nD\n\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Bob Smith is old. He has two big houses and a new car. He has no wife, but he is a father of four children. He has two sons and two daughters. One son is from Canada. His name is Jack. The other is from England. His name is Mike. One of his daughters is from China. Her name is Meimei. She is eleven years old. The other is from America. Her name is Lucy. She's eleven, too. Bob Smith is not the children's real father, but he loves them very much. The children love their \"father\", too. Bob Smith has many toys for the children. He gives different toys to different children. The boys play with toy cars. The girls play with doll and toy animals. Bob Smith is their good friend. Question: Who is from America? Options: A: Jack B: Mike C: Meimei D: Lucy\n\nAns:D\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers . Many are adults . Some study at school, others learn by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on TV, or in the films. One must work hard to learn another language. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study _ and maths and English. Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in English. Question: Are there many adults learning English in China? Options: A: No, they aren't. B: No, they are. C: Yes, there are. D: Yes, there aren't.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm a boy. My name is Zhao Ming. I am in No. 34 Middle School. I am in Class 1. My English teacher is Mr Wang. My Chinese teacher is Miss Wu. They are good teachers. I love them. I have a good friend. His name is Tom. He is an English boy. Zhao Ming is a _ . A) girl B) boy C) friend D) teacher\nB\n\n\n(Question)\nHunter and Nina are husband and wife. They get up about 4:50 in the morning. When many people are sleeping in their warm beds, they are working. They work outside and walk a lot. They do not work when it is raining. They also work on weekends. Her name is Sara. She sometimes goes to work in the morning, and sometimes goes to work at night when she is on duty . She works in a big building. There are many beds in it. She wears a white hat and a white dress. She says:\" I meet many people every day. I look after them. They need my help. That's my job. It's hard, but I like it.\" He is Jim's father. He usually leaves home very early. He does not work in a factory. He goes to work on foot or by bike. It is far from his home. He usually works in the day and has lunch outside in the sun. His work is very hard. He often brings us rice, eggs and vegetables. He can have a good rest in winter. She goes to work by bus every day. She works in a building. It opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. There are many good foods, drinks and other things. Children like to go there. She meets many people every day. She often says, \"Can I help you?\" When she meets people. She says, \"My work is not easy. I must stand all day and be friendly to everyone\". In what season does Jim's father stop working? A) In spring B) In summer C) In autumn D) In winter\n(Answer)\nD\n\n\nQues: The olive tree probably first grew in southern Asia. And then it spread to Mediterranean countries about 6,000 years ago. Since then, it has been important in Mediterranean people's lives. The olive tree grows in rocky places and it doesn't need much water. Its fruit can be made into olive oil. People have used olive oil to cook dishes for centuries. But they haven't only used it for cooking. Some ancient cultures believed that it was useful as medicine. In modern times, people still use olive oil both for its taste and its health advantages. Olive oil has also been an important product in the business and culture of Mediterranean countries. In ancient Greece, for example, anyone who cut down an olive tree was heavily punished. Winners at the Olympic Games wore wreaths . They were made of olive branches . Sometimes winners were also given a prize of olive oil. People from Greece built ships so that they could use olive oil for trade. But it was the Romans who grew the olive tree in the rest of southern Europe and northern Africa. Today, olive oil is still a very valuable product, and many different kinds of olive oil are sold in countries all over the world. Where did the olive tree probably first grow? A) In Asia. B) In Africa. C) In Europe. D) In America.\nAns: A\n\n\n(Q).\nRivers are one of our most important natural resources . Many of the world's great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river running through it that plays an important part in the lives of its people. Since the beginning of history, people have used rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi. The lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. To the people of India, the Ganges is great, but it is also important for transportation; ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in southeastern Asia. The greatest of all for navigation , however, is the Amazon in Brazil . It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles up it. Besides transportation, rivers give food to eat, water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun. In order to increase the supply of water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam across a river and let a lake form behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries. However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often cause problems. As the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits of these natural resources. The best title for the passage is _ . A) The Importance of Rivers B) Rivers in Cities C) Transportation D) Natural Resources\n(A).\nA\n\n\nQues:Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I'm not a bad person; I have a hard time learning when to keep my mouth closed. My mom has told me again and again, \"Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me. If you continue to be this rude, you will get into big trouble.\"It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn't want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty to stand up for myself. One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate talking behind me. It was Nathaniel, talking to himself as usual. I said ever so nicely, \"Nathaniel, would you be quiet?\" Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly shouted \"Nathaniel, shut up!\" For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other. \"At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!\" I shouted.I knew this would upset him deep inside. It would hurt his feelings and shut him up. What I said filled him with anger. He tried to reach over my seat and grab me as he shouted, \"That's it! That's it!\" Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat. Never had I seen Nathaniel act like this before. Later on, we were taken to the principal's office. There, Mr. Black, the principal, told us to discuss the matter. It wasn't until then that I finally found that when I hurt someone physically, the wounds eventually heal. But when I hurt them with my words, sometimes the pain never goes away. At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel. When I headed back to my room, I spent some time praying. I began to think about how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me, he'll tell me when to keep my mouth closed. In the text the writer tried to tell us that _ . A) when you hurt someone, the pain never goes away B) we should try to help each other at school C) it is one's duty to stand up for himself D) words cause more pain than wounds\n\nAns:D\n\n\nQues:Little Smart or Xiaolingtong is becoming more and more popular in China. But you can use it only in your city. If you go to another city, it will have no use. It looks like a mobile phone, but the service( )is quite cheap. We only need to pay about 20 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan each minute for the talk. What's more, you don't have to pay any money when someone else calls you. But little Smart is not really so smart. Users often complain about( ) its bad voice. \" I can't make or get a phone call when I am on a bus,\" a person in Hangzhou said. Scientists are trying their best to make Little Smart smarter. And the latest Little Smart even has a color screen. Little Smart is popular because _ . A) the service of it is very cheap B) it's very expensive C) it's very smart D) it's very useful in another city\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Seventy years ago I was quite a small little girl, the baby of the family, with an older brother and sister. My father was very ill at the time, and my mother took in sewing of any kind so we could live. She would sew far into the night with nothing but dim gas mantles and an old treadle sewing machine. She never complained even when the fire would be low and the food very scarce. She would sew until the early hours of morning. Things were very bad that particular winter. Then a letter came from where her sewing machine was purchased, stating that they would have to pick up her machine the next day unless payments were brought up to date. I remember when she read the letter I became frightened; I could picture us starving to death and all sorts of things that could come to a child's mind. My mother did not appear to be worried, however, and seemed to be quite calm about the matter. I, on the other hand, cried myself to sleep, wondering what would become of our family. Mother said God would not fail her, that he never had. I couldn't see how God was going to help us keep this old sewing machine. The day the men were to come for our only means of support, there was a knock at the kitchen door. I was frightened as a child would be, for I was sure it was those dreaded men. Instead, a nicely dressed man stood at our door with a darling baby in his arms. He asked my mother if she was Mrs. Hill. When she said she was, he said, \"I'm in trouble this morning and you have been recommended by the druggist and grocer down the street as an honest and wonderful woman. My wife was rushed to the hospital this morning, and since we have no relatives here, and I must open my dentist office, I have nowhere to leave my baby. Could you possibly take care of her for a few days?\" He continued, \"I will pay you in advance.\" With this he took out ten dollars and gave it to my mother. Mother said, \"Yes, yes, I will be glad to do so,\" and took the baby from his arms. When the man left, Mother turned to me with tears streaming down a face... Question: What does mother mean by saying \"I knew God would never let them take away my machine.?\" - God can do everything - The sewing machine is my only support - Everybody should believe in God - Never give up when in trouble\nNever give up when in trouble\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: England is the largest country in Britain. Its capital is London, which is on the Thames. The port of London is one of the greatest ports in the world. Ships from all countries go up and down the Thames. They bring food to the people of Britain. Then they take British machines and other things back to the ports from which they come. There are many scenic spots in the West of England. The lakes here are the most beautiful in England. There are trees, flowers and green grass round them. The water is almost always very still,and you can see the green hills ,the brown mountains and everything else round the lake upside-down in the water. There are boats on all the larger lakes, which take people from one side to the other. There are always a lot of boats on the lakes in summer. Travelers from many countries of the world go to the west of England in summer. There are boat races on the largest lakes, and people from many places in Great Britain and Europe come to see them. Young people travel from one place to another on their bicycles, or walk from one lake to another. Question: The upside-down scenes can be seen in the lakes because _ . - the water is very still - you have a good sight - there is a good light - you stand near them\n(Answer)\nthe water is very still\n\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Adam Smith was the first person to see the importance of the division of the labor. He gave us an example of the process by which pins were made in England. One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, and a fifth gives it a head. Just to make the head requires two or three different operations. The work of making pins is divided into about eighteen different operations, which in some factories are all performed by different people, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4,800 pins a worker. But if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they certainly could not have made twenty pins in a day and not even one. There can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this, but he also took it for granted that the division of labor is itself responsible for economic growth and development and it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still. In fact, the division of labor adds nothing new, and it only enables people to produce more of what they already have. Question: According to the writer, Adam Smith's mistake was in believing that the division of labor _ . - was an efficient way of organizing work - was an important development in methods of production - finally led to economic development - increased the production of existing goods\nAns: finally led to economic development\n\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Bali is an Indonesian island rich in indigenous culture. A lot of people say that Balinese culture is unique and that the people of Bali have always been content with the \"now\". If you ask a Balinese person what heaven is like, the probable answer will be \"just like Bali\". This only goes to show that most Balinese people are happy to be where they are and never worry. One factor that contributes to this laidback lifestyle is the culture of close family ties in Bali. In the Balinese culture, support is always available. Balinese extended families are so tightly knit that all members usually reside in the same complex. Balinese culture is based on a form of this religion, which is called \"Hindu Darma\". This religion reached the island during the eleventh century. Most of the family customs and traditions as well as community lifestyles of the Balinese people are influenced by this.The religious influence even expands widely into the arts, which makes Bali distinct from the rest of Indonesia. In spite of the fact that tourists flood to the island every year, Balinese people have managed to conserve their culture. Almost every native of Bali is an artist in some form or another. Parents and villagers have passed on their skills to their children, who all seem to have preference either for music, dance, or painting. Another remarkable mark of the Balinese culture is the series of ceremonies and rituals known as the Manusa Yadnya. This marks the different stages of Balinese life. Cremation is very popular on this island--and unlike in the West, death is a joyous and color1ful event for the Balinese. Question: Bali is distinguished from the rest of Indonesia by _ . - people's tight family relationship. - the family customs and traditions. - people's great affection for religion. - the influence of Hinduism on their culture.\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "the influence of Hinduism on their culture.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "QUESTION: Dear friend and colleague, I am asking for a few minutes of your time and consideration. But first I pray that you did not have any loved ones who were victims of the Sept. 11th tragedy. I, like you, have been absorbing all of the discussions surrounding the terrorist attacks. I have never seen our country so thoughtful, so questioning and so united. But I must admit I am very concerned for the future and for the choices we make as we move ahead. While I fully understand and support the need for a military response, I believe that the United States needs to take measures to bring more stability, economic balance and good will to the world community. I am a businessman in Washington State. In trade-reliant states such as ours, we are increasingly aware of our interdependence with the rest of the global economy, and the continuing need to nurture and grow emerging markets. It is good business and in our economic self-interest to help reduce the disparity between wealthy and poor nations. For the past 10 years I have worked on business solutions to poverty alleviation in Central America. I have become increasingly aware of the immense capacity of the US to share our knowledge, business know-how, entrepreneurial skill and financial resources with poorer countries. My involvement has convinced me that people who have hope for the future and an economic stake in their community share our desire for economic stability and productive societies. Conversely, conditions of poverty and despair breed hopelessness, violence and extremism. Two unfortunate realities haunt me. One is that fully half the people on our planet are barely surviving on an income of $2 per day, and their prospects for the future are dark indeed. The second is that the United States gives less per capita to international development efforts than any other industrialized nation. At the same time, our defense budget is one hundred and fifty times larger than our development assistance budget. Of course, we need a strong and vigorous defense capability, but I believe we also need to balance our response to the global economy by investing in measures that will help close the growing gap between the haves and have-nots. Not only is it the humanitarian thing to do, it is also a way to invest in preventative actions that will move us in the direction of balanced growth, rather than violence, terrorism and global economic instability. Out of this crisis, I believe there is an opportunity to build truly collaborative partnerships with other countries. Alongside our multilateral military response to the events of September 11th, we should seek multilateral efforts for increased political and economic support to poor countries. I hope that you will consider joining me in sending the following message to your elected leaders and decision makers, and to your friends and colleagues. Sincerely, \nPropose a subject line for this email?\nANS: Urgent Message\nJustin, Either today from home, or tomorrow when you get in, I need you to repath a deal on MRT pipeline for December, 2001. The new deal number is 1198556. (It is a buy/sell and I need it to flow thru to accounting for payment) Let me know if you need more information. Thanks, \nQ: What is a potential subject line for this email?\nanswer: duke energy\nKam, As we discussed this morning, the traders will be using their physical books to log onto EOL with the exception of the financial desk (John Arnold and team). Behind the scenes, EOL will set these traders up in the Counterparty Alternates table to have the books \"flip\" to the respective financial book when a financial trade is hit. Also, any word yet on the traders wanting a different book for price, basis and index. We are still under the assumption that the trades will book under one book. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks, \nAnswer: Trader Log In\nHere is an email: I took a crack at tightening up the E Next assignment language as it exists in the overrides, for inclusion in WH form: Peter, could you take first cut at the override letter? We may be having an internal meeting at 930 central, and if so, will you be available by phone if necessary? Suz, please put the attachment in the notebook. Thanks, \nWhat is a potential subject line for this email?\nA: World Hunger assignment\nQ: Hi Nancy, I am planning to make the changes which arose out of our meeting with VEPCO. When we met with them, we agreed that we would accept all the changes in this draft, then blackline against it. I tried to do this to this document, then realized that this is a compared document as opposed to a draft marked with changes. Can you email me unmarked version which contains all these changes, and I'll start from there. I apologize if I already have the clean draft, but I want to be certain that I am working from the correct version. Thanks, \nPropose a subject line\nA: VEPCO PPA.DOC\nHere is an email: NGI's Daily Gas Price Index published : September 26, 2001 Kern River Shippers to See Rate Decrease Oct. 1, More in 2002 Finally, some good news: a unit of Williams said Tuesday that firm transportation rates will drop by as much as 36.5% for all original shippers on its Kern River natural gas transmission system beginning Monday (Oct. 1). The lower rates will be implemented under Kern River's previously approved extended-term rate program. Williams, which developed a strategy to lower rates in response to customer requests as part of its rate-reduction settlement in 1999, projects more rate reductions next May, when the costs and revenues of the 2002 expansion are reflected in rates. \"The extended-term rate program was designed to provide long-term, firm shippers with an option to pay lower, more market-responsive rates today in return for extending their contract terms,\" said Kirk Morgan, director of business development. Bruce Warner, manager of rates and planning for Tulsa-based Williams, said the company had looked at its \"financial situation and found that if customers could live with longer contracts, we could live with lower rates. The lower rates will be offset by lower depreciation expenses and will not negatively impact Kern River's financial performance.\" Williams' gas pipeline unit is one of the largest-volume transporters of natural gas in the United States. Its gas pipeline unit's Kern River Gas Transmission, based in Salt Lake City, operates a 922-mile system delivering Rocky Mountain and Canadian natural gas to markets in California, Nevada and Utah. \nWhat is a potential subject line for this email?\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "NGI Article: Kern River Shippers to See Rate Decrease Oct. 1, More in 2002", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A study has found, spending hours playing violent video games prevents teenagers from their moral growth. It is thought that regular touch to violence and lack of contact with the outside world makes it harder for them to tell right from wrong.They also struggle to trust other people,and see the world from their viewpoints. Researchers from Brock University in Ontario found that those who spend more than three hours each day in front of the screen are particularly unlikely to have developed the ability to empathize . The Canadian researchers surveyed 109 boys and girls,aged 13 and 14,about whether they played video games,which games they liked,and how long they spent playing them.Their findings found that 88 percent of teens said they played games,and more than half admitted to playing games every day.Violent games were among the most popular. The teenagers also filled in a questionnaire designed to measure their moral development.For example,they were asked how important it is to save the life of a friend. Previous studies have suggested that a person's moral judgment goes through four phases as they grow from children and enter adulthood.By the age of 13 or 14,scientists claim young people should be entering the third stage,and be able to empathize with others and take their viewpoints into account.The research found that this stage appeared to be delayed in teenagers who regularly played violent video games. It is also thought that teenagers who play games regularly did not spend enough time in the real world to learn to take others' thoughts into consideration.Researcher Mirjana Bajovic said:\"The present results indicate that some teenagers, who spent three or more hours a day playing violent video games,are deprived of such opportunities.\" he added:\"Touch to violence in video games may influence the development of moral reasoning because violence is not only presented as acceptable but is also justified and rewarded.\" They concluded that rather than trying to enforce an 'unrealistic' ban on the... Options: A Playing video games should be forbidden among teens. B Parents and teachers should let teens go online. C Teens should be encouraged to do more meaningful things. D Game designers should be kindly treated and rewarded. Answer: C Teens should be encouraged to do more meaningful things. Question:\n\nA: What can be inferred from the text?\n\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A good teacher is many things to many people. In my own experience, the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded the most discipline from their students. I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school. I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person. I remember very vividly a sign over her classroom door. It was a simple sign that said, \"Laboratory--in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized , not the last seven.\" In other words, I guess, labor for her was more important than oratory, which means making speeches. She prepared her work very carefully and demanded us to do the same. We got lots of homework from her. Once she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework load would be reduced, but it continued just the same. She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read them. I think sometimes teachers who demand the most are liked the least. But as time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit the students. Options: A A patient teacher. B An honest teacher. C A strict teacher. D A hard-working teacher. Answer: C A strict teacher. Question:\n\nA: Which of the following is considered a good teacher by the writer?\n\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: I am a vegetarian . Many people are quick to think of vegetarianism as strange behavior. I treasure our Earth, and since we only have one, we should protect it and the wildlife that lives on it. But that's only one of the reasons to be a vegetarian. Vegetarians may live longer, healthier lives. There is a connection between red meat consumption and various diseases. From an economic standpoint, it requires less land, money and energy to produce foods for a vegetarian diet. While there are many benefits to being a vegetarian, only a handful of those who attempt to adopt this lifestyle succeed. The most important quality required to be a vegetarian is firmness since surrounded by the _ of meat, we tend to give up vegetarianism easily. Creativity is almost as important as commitment. It's easy to tire of eating nothing but salad. But with a little creativity and some soy products, almost any meal can become vegetarian-friendly. Not everyone wants to be vegetarian. Accepting this is part of being a vegetarian with style. Forcing your beliefs on others is disrespectful. Stylish vegetarians should also be able to turn down a meaty dish politely without annoying their hosts. Being a successful vegetarian has been easy for me, but it may not be so for others. A common mistake is quitting before your body has adjusted to the change. It can be difficult to keep the lifestyle in the beginning because of temptation. However, it fades over time. Another common mistake is quitting because you've been misinformed about the nutritional wisdom of being a vegetarian. That's why it is vital to be educated. Countless people will tell you that it's impossible to obtain the nutrients and protein your body requires without meat, but they are incorrect. People actually need only 44-55 grams of protein a day, and that is easily found in a vegetarian diet. Many meat eaters are consuming three times that amount, which is not beneficial. It leads to diseases. Vegetables can also supply all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients your body... Options: A Reasons why the author became a vegetarian. B Important qualities required to be a vegetarian. C Advantages and disadvantages of being a vegetarian. D Common mistakes on the way to being a vegetarian. Answer: C Advantages and disadvantages of being a vegetarian. Question:\n\nA: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?\n\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan.His wife,Gerrie,was still working in the local school cafeteria,but work for Dave was scarce,and the price of everything was rising.The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years.Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift-$7,000,a legacy from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch,who died in an accident.\"It really made a difference when we were going under financially.''says Dave. But the Fusses weren't the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches.Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches'generosity.In some cases,it was a few thousand dollars;in other, it was more than $100,000. It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $ 3 milliorr-they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm. Children of the Great Depression,Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They thrived on comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store,checking prices before making a new purchase. Through the years,the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their Darents couldn't afford it.\"Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything,\"says their friend Sand Van Weelden,\"They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them. Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed.It was the Hatches' wish that their legacy-a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents----should enrich the whole community and last for generations to come. Neighbors helping neighbors----hat was Ish and Arlene Hatch's story. Options: A understanding B optimistic C childlike D curious Answer: A understanding Question:\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "According to Sandy Van Weelden,the Hatches were_.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Write a title for this article:\n\nWhy do so many American politicians -- from Bill Clinton to Mark Sanford -- use religious language when they make public confessions of marital infidelity? Are they truly penitent or just pandering? How can we tell the difference?\n\nThe sad spectacle of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford continues to dominate the headlines as further revelations add one bizarre twist after another to the governor's tale of adultery, deceit, and the consequences of sin. With every passing day, pressure mounts for the governor to resign. As the revelations unfold, his leadership credibility is further destroyed. The people of South Carolina now look to their governor's mansion with a sense of dread and embarrassment.\n\nGovernor Sanford's admission of adultery came only after he was ambushed by the media after returning from a liaison in Argentina. In a rambling confession, the governor admitted to an ongoing relationship and an extramarital affair. While the media quickly turned to ask questions about money and the affairs of state, many others immediately thought of the governor's wife and four sons and the horrible pain and embarrassment they were now forced to bear.\n\nIn his original statement, Governor Sanford seemed to acknowledge the evil of his actions and, using biblical language, he appeared to understand the sinfulness of his adultery and betrayal. Yet, his statement was rambling and disconnected and, upon reflection, his words raised more questions than they answered. How did this affair happen? Was the relationship really over?\n\nWhen Governor Sanford addressed his cabinet just a few days after his confession, he offered an apology to his colleagues and promised to \"carry on\" as governor. \"I wanted generally to apologize to every one of you all, for letting you down,\" he said. Of course, \"letting you down\" hardly covers the behavior that brought the governor to this admission. The governor violated his marital vows, engaged in an elaborate and sickening correspondence with his mistress, abandoned his responsibility as husband and father, and forfeited his right to lead the state which twice had elected him governor.\n\nWhen speaking to the Cabinet, Governor Sanford referred to the biblical story of King David. The governor spoke of \"the way in which he fell mightily -- he fell in very, very significant ways --- but then picked up the pieces and built from there.\" The governor also suggested that remaining in office would set a good example for his four boys, teaching them to persevere after a fall. The great shame is that the governor did not have his four boys in mind as he committed adultery.\n\nNaturally, questions emerged related to the extent and duration of the extramarital affair. The governor's initial statement was unclear about several key issues. The days following would render the situation even more unclear.\n\nMost recently, in a lengthy interview granted to the Associated Press, Governor Sanford added what the wire service called \"explosive details\" that made the picture all the more troubling. In the first place, the governor admitted to having \"crossed the lines\" with other women. \"There were a handful of instances wherein I crossed the lines that I shouldn't have crossed as a married man, but never crossed the ultimate line,\" said the governor.\n\nBut the most troubling words from the governor concerned the nature of his relationship with Maria Belen Chapur, the woman with whom he had the affair. \"This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story,\" he said. He added: \"A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day.\"\n\nSpeaking, not of his wife, but of his mistress, Governor Sanford declared that he would go to his grave \"knowing that I had met my soul mate.\"\n\nImmediately following the governor's first admission, it seemed that he might survive politically and remain in office. The nation found itself once again in a debate about the relationship between personal virtue and public responsibility. This is a question that is particularly vexing to Christian conservatives, who must simultaneously understand that all are sinners in need of redemption and, at the same time, affirm that some sins disqualify individuals from public service and influence.\n\nAmerica's recent political history indicates that some politicians can survive revelations of adultery. While Christians should be less concerned about the political consequences and more concerned about the spiritual consequences, it is fair to observe that those politicians who survive more often than not do so when the adulterous relationship is clearly over and in the more distant past and when the politician has given himself in a demonstrable way to the priority of rebuilding his marriage and reestablishing credibility with his family.\n\nPut simply, Governor Sanford's most recent comments point to a worst-case scenario. His words make clear that his heart is still inclined toward his mistress, and not his wife. With tragic candor, the governor has spoken of trying to fall back in love with his wife. He refers to his mistress, not his wife, as his soul mate, and speaks wistfully of the affair as \"a love story at the end of the day.\"\n\nGovernor Sanford may cite King David, and he may even suffer the illusion that his response is similar to that of Israel's King. Nevertheless, the difference is clear. David's adultery was mixed even with murder, but his own acknowledgment of sin came in a flood of contrition, remorse, broken heartedness, and humility. David acknowledged the reality of his sin, expressed his hatred of the sin, and became a model for us all of repentance. Governor Sanford, on the other hand, demonstrates the audacity to speak wistfully of his sin, longingly of his lover, and romantically of his descent into unfaithfulness.\n\nGovernor Sanford is no King David, and the people of South Carolina -- as well as the watching world -- now observe the sad spectacle of a man who, while admitting to wrongdoing, shows no genuine repentance. As the Christian church has long recognized, true repentance is reflected in the \"detestation of sin.\" This is a far cry from what we've heard from Governor Sanford.\n\nIf the governor is really serious about demonstrating character to his four sons, he should resign his office and give himself unreservedly to his wife and family. He must show his sons -- and all who have eyes to see -- how a man is led by the grace and mercy of God to hate his sin, rather than to love it. Until then, the governor must be understood to indulge himself in wistfulness for his affair and in a desperate determination to maintain his office. His remaining days in office are like a Greek tragedy unfolding into farce. The whole picture is just unspeakably sad.\n\nBy R. Albert Mohler Jr. | July 2, 2009; 2:04 PM ET Share This: Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Facebook Previous: A Convenient Love | Next: Real Humility, Beyond the Sound Bites\n\n\"David's adultery was mixed even with murder, but his own acknowledgment of sin came in a flood of contrition, remorse, broken heartedness, and humility. David acknowledged the reality of his sin, expressed his hatred of the sin, and became a model for us all of repentance.\"\n\nHow exactly did David do it? David remained the King of Israel for many years to come and died of old age. Bat-Sheeva became one of his wives, Solomon their son became the next King of Israel. The only thing that has been denied is for David to build the Temple.\n\nPosted by: Viewpoint21st | July 5, 2009 2:17 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nThe Tanakh David bears no resemblance to the NT Christ with respect to redaction and everything else.\n\nPosted by: Farnaz1Mansouri1 | July 5, 2009 1:22 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nIt would appear based on many experts to include those who are also readers of the Tanakh that David was either \"the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws who captures Jerusalem and makes it his capital\" or was \"a provincial leader whose reputation was later magnified to provide a rallying point for a fledgling nation with said magnified reputation being carried out by the writers of the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings.\n\nThe exact same thing happened to Jesus, the simple preacher man, whose magnified reputation was carried out by the likes of P, M, M, L and J.\n\nPosted by: ccnl1 | July 5, 2009 12:45 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nThe Bible does not need you to \"correct\" it. If you think you can \"correct\" the Tanakh, then please do provide Islamic \"corrections\" of the NT.\n\nYou think Christians are fools? I think not. They are well aware that Islam holds that both the NT and the OT were \"corrupted\" and corrected in the Quoran.\n\nYou take on the Tanakh, because you think you won't be questioned by the Christians, but mess with the NT, tell them that the NT scribes got it all wrong, received a corrupted version, and all hell will break loose as you know.\n\nHello, hell, now, is coming from a different quarter.\n\nOf course, according to the Quoran, anyone who believes Jesus was the Son of God is damned forever. Believe JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD and you are DAMNED, says the Quoran.\n\nWHAT cowards you are. If you want to understand the significance of David, read the Tanakh.\n\nWe look forward to your postings on the Quoranic corrections to the \"corrupted\" NT.\n\nIn the meantime, if you want your own book to underwrite a religion, write one. The Tanakh was written by Jews for Jews. Your supersessionist ideology is apalling; in this day and age increasingly dangerous.\n\nPosted by: Farnaz1Mansouri1 | July 4, 2009 8:40 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nDAvid, like the rest of the Tanakh, is not meant for literalists. On this, CCNL1, a great authority on D. Wolpe, the latter an authority on Maimonides is aware. Further, David is not to be read in isolation but in combination with the Talmud, Rashi, at the very least.\n\nTo deal with him as UKBA or CCNL1 does would lead us to discussions of Muhammad's poligyny, the ventures of Jesus on the water (and under), etc.\n\nDavid is a figure contained in a divine mystery, replete with the uncanny. If we accept the Documentary Hypothesis, we see anticipation of David in Genesis. A Torah scholar, giant killer, a man of great appetites, ambitions, competing loyalties, etc., his stature is enormous, and his continued relation with an abstract deity uncanny. David is not a Christian. He does not anticipate an afterlife. He does to himself what he can to save his son. When that fails, he has finished.\n\nDavid does not pander to the masses, like Sanford, or the prime minister of Tunisia. He does not resort to the Q Gospel in the Sky to justify himself. He does not compare himself to MOses when he acts impulsively. Indeed, he asks sorrows for the loss of contact with the divine that Moses had.\n\nDavid is a figure in a divine epic, a history. I do not we can say the same for Sanford.\n\nHe would do better to seek someone to cast out demons for him. After all, he is a Christian. Failing that, he can continue to behave as he does, be a philanderer, like Muhammed.\n\nPosted by: Farnaz1Mansouri1 | July 4, 2009 8:27 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nKing David?? Not so fast - Part II)\n\n\"Baruch Halpern has pictured David as a lifelong vassal of Achish, the Philistine king of Gath;[42] Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman have identified as the oldest and most reliable section of Samuel those chapters which describe David as the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws who captures Jerusalem and makes it his capital.[43]\n\nSteven McKenzie, Associate Professor of the Hebrew Bible at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, USA and author of King David: A Biography, argues that the Biblical version of David was conceived by spin doctors. He states the belief that David actually came from a wealthy family and was \"ambitious and ruthless\": \"The vigor with which the apology in the Bible asserts David's innocence against Saul strongly suggests that he was in fact involved in a plot against him.\"\n\nThe story with Goliath was probably part of the propaganda in David's favour. McKenzie's view is that David was a tyrant who murdered his political opponents, including his own sons.[39]\"\n\nPosted by: ccnl1 | July 4, 2009 12:46 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nKing David?? Not so fast!!!\n\n\" And David, far from being the fearless king who built Jerusalem into a mighty capital, was more likely a provincial leader whose reputation was later magnified to provide a rallying point for a fledgling nation.\"\n\n\"The interpretation of the archeological evidence on the extent and nature of Judah and Jerusalem in the 10th century BC is a matter of fierce debate. Israel Finkelstein and Ze'ev Herzog of Tel Aviv University do not believe the archeological record supports the view that Israel at that time was a major state, but rather was a small tribal kingdom, although both Finkelstein and Silberman do accept that David and Solomon were real kings of Judah about the 10th century BCE[29].\n\nFinkelstein says in his The Bible Unearthed (2001): \"[O]n the basis of archaeological surveys, Judah remained relatively empty of permanent population, quite isolated and very marginal right up to and past the presumed time of David and Solomon, with no major urban centers and with no pronounced hierarchy of hamlets, villages and towns.\"[30]\n\nAccording to Ze'ev Herzog \"the united monarchy of David and Solomon, which is described by the Bible as a regional power, was at most a small tribal kingdom\".[31] On the other is William Dever, in his\n\nWhat Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?, holds that the archaeological and anthropological evidence supports the broad biblical account of a Judean state in the 10th century BC.[32]\"\n\nPosted by: ccnl1 | July 4, 2009 12:37 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nDavid(as) did NOT commit adultery. Rather, the rabbinical scribes of the Bible heeped this major crime upon him due to their own hypocricy and rebelliousness to David's rule. Sanford is nothing like David.”\n\nAnd don’t forget about our beloved Aaron whom they accused of committing idolatry. The same Aaron, who was with Moses and also his spokesman when they both confronted Pharaoh to let the Israelites go free, was supposed to have build the golden calf for the now freed Hebrews to worship. This lie about Aaron was born out of political and religious conflict between the two kingdoms: the Northern Kingdom and the southern kingdom of Judah. The story as recorded in the bible was more likely a fabrication by the Northern Kingdom priests to discredit the priestly family in Jerusalem of the southern kingdom lead by the descendants of Aaron.\n\nPosted by: ukba | July 4, 2009 12:24 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\n\"The governor violated his marital vows...\"\n\nHe could have avoided that violation if he and his wife had used the vows that my wife and I wrote for our wedding.\n\nWe agreed that we'd stay together for as long as both of us wanted to.\n\nSince then we've enjoyed 35 years of happy, affair-free married life.\n\nSo much for the swearing of oaths and the taking of vows.\n\nPosted by: norriehoyt | July 4, 2009 11:03 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nDavid(as) did NOT commit adultery. Rather, the rabbinical scribes of the Bible heeped this major crime upon him due to their own hypocricy and rebelliousness to David's rule. Sanford is nothing like David.\n\nPosted by: Usama1 | July 4, 2009 9:57 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nAlthough hilarious, the comparison to David is also disgusting. David, as a prophet, figures in mystery and the uncanny. He is a unique figure, quite unlike the sorrowful dummy, Sanford, and his history is elaborated for that reason. One does not know why David was beloved of God, but he was. Perhaps, some insight is available as we consider his huge struggles with his own desires, ambitions, passions to serve his people and the deity, how they fluctuate, combine and compete.\n\nHe is not meant to be a model. He is meant to be a tragic figure of enormous power and greatness.\n\nRather than defile the Tanakh with his opportunistic pandering, Sanford should seek someone to cast out his demons, crib a bit from NT nonsense. After all, he is a Christian.\n\nPosted by: Farnaz1Mansouri1 | July 3, 2009 3:58 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nThe Southern Baptists are merely Talibans in western dress. Mohler and his Old Testament nonsense is irrelevant to modern America.\n\nGo away Mullah, go away. Mark Sanford and Bill Clinton have done NOTHING to you. Get a life. A nice simple one in the hills of Tora Bora awaits you.\n\nPosted by: B2O2 | July 3, 2009 1:34 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nThis op-ed is surprisingly uninteresting for being published in the Post. And so long... a more interesting subject might be on the intersection of faith and politics.\n\nBecause Sanford does profess to be a Christian, and because his platform has been built on supposed family values and respect for the taxpayers, I think his career in politics is pretty much shot. Brand expert John Tantillo would say that irreversible damage has been done to his personal brand... He did a post on his marketing blog, declaring Michael Jackson last week's brand winner: \"You know a brand is strong when people would rather that none of the scandal had ever happened to it.\"--and naming Sanford the week's brand loser, pointing out that in personal political brands (rather than celebrity brands), there is less room for error.. Full post.\n\nPosted by: elo8 | July 3, 2009 11:02 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nYou stupid liberals! If you knew the Word of God you would know that the traditional, conservative method of handling this kind of situation is to bring the concubine into your household as Junior Wife. More: http://www.roblimo.com/node/802\n\nPosted by: roblimo | July 3, 2009 10:49 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nWithout full-throated repentence, there is no forgiveness from God and one of the consequences of repeated unrepentent sin is temporary estrangement from the Holy Spirit, who grieves awaiting repentence, so He can be your counselor once again. Ergo, that voice that told the Gov. that God wants him to keep his lofty position was his own narcissistic voice. And, so far as \"trying\" to start loving his wife again, if it doesn't come naturally it ain't love - it's merely a perverse sense of obligation after getting caught. Once he repents fully, the schoolboy crush will dissipate, his love for his wife will return (assuming it was ever there and not a mere union of co-dependent careerists) and the voice he hears will again be that of God, the Holy Spirit. Absent that, he has and is nothing of value to himself, his family or SC.\n\nPosted by: BennyFactor | July 3, 2009 5:40 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nThere is something truly adolescent about Christianity. This is not meant to be condescending, but just think about it -- as objectively as you can.\n\nChristianity has absurd ideas about sex, unfathomably rigid roles based on gender, believe they have a right to harm others in the name of their gang but look for forgiveness when caught red-handed, are incomprehsibly beligerant in groups yet fairly timid as individuals, do what they're told if they think there's a payoff (heaven), and refuse to believe reasoned evidence that conflicts with what their beliefs.\n\nThen, think about how you acted as a teenager, or if you have had them, how your own teenagers act/ed.\n\nThen why be surprised, if someone insists on following such a belief system, when they act like a teenager???\n\nPosted by: ethanquern | July 3, 2009 5:31 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nDavid may have repented, but he seemed mostly sorry that he had been caught and that the child of his adultery died.\n\nAt any rate, he didn’t have to divorce any of his current wives, and he continued to have sex with Bathsheba (we know this because the next king, Solomon, was Bathsheba’s son).\n\nPerhaps Gov. Sanford simply longs for the day when a man could commit adultery, murder, have multiple wives, and still be considered a “man after God’s own heart”.\n\nPosted by: hgillette | July 3, 2009 3:13 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nOf course, this has whole brouhaha has disturbed a lot of us (me included). I will never forget the cry my mother let out when she found a condom in the pocket of my father's pants which she was mending.\n\nShe had had a hysterectomy two years before.\n\nWe are talking tragedies here, people.\n\nPosted by: owascolg | July 3, 2009 2:48 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nKing David was a man of God's heart? Well then, off you go guys and emulate him by \"taking\" wives and concubines (I suppose they weren't asked, especially not the \"young woman\" who had to warm him when he was old) and kill people left and right!\n\n\"David's sins were only against God\"? Not really. Taking lives and others' wives and forcing women to bed with him - I'd call that pretty heavy sins, against people. I'd call it tyranny, murder, bigami and rape.\n\nOh, the fundamental Christians understand that that was the custom a long time ago, and we can't do that today? You are quite right. That goes for denying women and gays their human rights, too.\n\nPosted by: asoders22 | July 3, 2009 2:19 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nWell, if Sanford really wants to follow the King David line, all he has to do is wait for his eldest son to rise up and lead a rebellion against him, after which his right hand henchman who does all his dirty work will vanquish him. While mourning his son's loss, said henchman will then threaten a coup if he doesn't show a public face of gratitude and celebration rather than mourning at said son's demise. His lifelong dream of building a temple to God as a legacy will be denied him, he'll plot an ill-advised census (for gerrymandering?) which God will take offense at, causing Him to bring down a plague on South Carolina that will kill 70,000 people, and end his days shivering under warm blankets, despite having a young woman under them next to him (again, not his wife). His final act will be to wreak vengeance on all his old enemies, including aforementioned right-hand henchman, so as to consolidate the political future of his heir.\n\nThat is, if he wants to follow the Davidic parallel to its sad and senile end.\n\nPosted by: treetopflyer | July 3, 2009 2:00 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nGov. Sanford wants to have his cake and eat it, too -- and will, if those closest to him allow him to get away with it. Since being unmasked, he's been daring everyone in a position to remove him to either put up or shut up; crazy as a fox in that approach, but it seems to be working.\n\nIt wouldn't with me. Were it in my power, Sanford would have been bounced out of the Governor's Office so fast it would make your head spin. But it's not in my power. I'm not even a citizen of South Carolina. As far as a lout like Sanford is concerned, his comings, goings, doings, wheelings & dealings are none of my business and most South Carolinians probably agree with him, even as they wring their hands over his lies and transgressions -- especially the way he betrayed his wonderful, loyal wife. Her managerial skills made him Governor of South Carolina. When you realize how central she was to his success in electoral politics, and observe how he has repaid her, one can only wonder how badly he has abused his political office, first-and-foremost a position of trust. It's all of a piece. His conduct in high office cannot be much different than his conduct towards his wife, or any better.\n\nThat puts the onus of removing him on the people of South Carolina, where it truly belongs. But the handful of political power-people in South Carolina who can remove him seem to lack the nerve. So, in this bizarre poker game (marked by blatant hypocrisy, unseemly lust, spousal betrayal, faux Christianity and false piety), Sanford seems to have almost bluffed his way to winning the jackpot; unless, of course, another player holding a stronger hand calls his bluff ... .\n\nPosted by: hogsmile | July 3, 2009 1:29 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nRev. Mohler's point about contrition is quite apt, actually. We cannot really understand King David's sins for many reasons, one being that his sins are only against God and not any particular person under his reign, a point made by Hobbes in Leviathan. Remember all with kings are made slaves to those kings, according to Samuel. Thus, the sin of which King David is guilty is committed only against God. Uriah was killed in battle. Having tried to win an argument with Hobbes on this point in my mind and failed miserably, it really becomes apparent that all the flaws of the Kings boil down to their relationship not with their servants, but most of all, with God, to whom they owe the greatest allegiance. Hence, the repentance is only with respect to God, not Uriah. That Nathan feels differently does not change the overall reality, which is that the King is responsible to God and the people are responsible to the King. In this sense, David's repentance is genuine, such that it is accepted by God, who alone knows the heart. This is one reason Sanford's stance is absurd. Sanford is not a King.\n\nPosted by: Martial | July 3, 2009 12:27 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nMr. Mohler, We know that David was a man after God's own heart. (I Sam. 13) On the other hand, God in his infinite wisdom lets us know in I Kings 2 that David, on his deathbed (long after the episode with Bathsheba, perhaps between 20-30 years later), ordered Solomon to murder Joab, his trusted general who had been his right-hand man for over 30 years, and who had carried out David's command of placing Bathsheba's husband/soldier Uriah in the heat of the battle so that he might be killed. David's reasoning is that Joab had killed two of the generals of the army that opposed his rise to the throne of the consolidated kingdom 33 years before. Solomon had no problem going along with the plan because Joab had aligned himself with Solomon's brother. Could it be, though, that David was destroying one of the few witnesses to his darkest chapter? The only other human who apparently knew what had happened with Uriah was the prophet Nathan, who was squarely in Solomon's camp in I Kings. Bottom line: David, Mark Sanford, Jon Meacham, and the rest of the world . . . we are all sinners. Examples of sin, such as David's, point us to the need of a Savior, a perfect Savior without blemish, born of a virgin, conceived by the Holy Ghost, and therefore sinless, who died to pay the price for our sin, and for the sins of the whole world, even of the democrats. By rising again, He proved God the Father accepted the sacrifice; the veil in the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom, proving that man could now enjoy a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, \"that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.\"\n\nPosted by: EliPeyton | July 3, 2009 12:03 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nthank you. thank you. thank you.\n\nfinally, someone gets it...i'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that i have been watching this train wreck with fascination...puzzled by the fact that this man has shown absolutely no sense of shame or contrition regarding this mess...and, that he would publicly refer to his \"soul mate\", throwing the betrayed wife the bone of \"trying to fall back in love\"...it is absolutely astounding, and, i can think of no greater insult to his wife.\n\nit is refreshing to hear, from a christian standpoint, someone calling him on his behavior, not whitewashing it with \"forgiveness\"...as he has not been shy about referencing the bible, and, with this, i cringe every time.\n\nhe seems clueless to his arrogance and has no concept of the trust and respect he has carelessly tossed away.\n\nPosted by: jazzgrrrl25 | July 3, 2009 12:02 AM Report Offensive Comment\n\nKing David? Is that the same guy of the Charles Heston´s movies? Do they still race chariots in South Carolina? I must see that!!!\n\nWhat a bunch of ignorant people all these Evangelical Christians... they are like the tribal people of Afghanistan...\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 11:27 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nDear Maria: Thank you for making Governor Sanford happy. And thank you for making possible for us to be treated with some free entertainment courtesy of the religious nuts of our country. Without you all this circus in which a bunch of religious nuts (yes dear Maria... we do have our own Taleban here in the United States...), without you dear Maria all this circus in which a bunch of religious nuts - I was saying - stone in public one of their own wouldn´t ever happen. Now Maria it would be great if you could arrange from time to time (lets say every four to six months) to have a fellow Argentine lady, or a Chilean lady, or a Paraguayan lady (nationality is not really important... we are very open-minded in that respect) enter in a similar relationship with another right-wing nut, preferable a US Senator or State Governor or TV Evangelist or even The Greatest of Them All, Rush L!!!, that would be very much appreciated.\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 11:22 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nInteresting that Mr. Sanford mentioned King David.\n\nI've read that a influential group of Christian conservative politicians subscribe to a theology where, like the biblical, morally flawed David figure, as elected office holders they consider themselves to be God's \"chosen\", sent to guide the flock. They therefore consider their personal moral boo boos to be irrelevant to their divinely assigned task of continuing in power.\n\nIt really works out quite well for them.\n\nPosted by: minneapolis1 | July 2, 2009 10:37 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nHe should continue as a governor because he was doing a good job at it. Who cares about his affair, I can care less. Then, if he found his soul-mate he should go after her or bring her here, divorce (YES DIVORCE) his wife and bring some glamour to his life.\n\nPosted by: Piccolina | July 2, 2009 9:26 PM --------------------------------------\n\nGive me a frigging break. HE WAS DOING A GOOD JOB? By refusing to accept and use the stimulus money to pull sinking SC out of the mud he put her in. That's what you call a GOOD JOB. And the HIGH COURT in SC has the same opinion.\n\nYou need to see a good doctor, a Neurologist most likely will tell you that you miss one important part...........BRAIN\n\nPosted by: mackiejw | July 2, 2009 10:16 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nThe world is a completely different place, morally, spiritually, and intellectually. Whereas none then could have conceived of a world without slaves, none today (at least in America anyways) can conceive of a society with them. Because it is impossible for us to think as the ancients did, it is foolish for Governor Sanford to have imagined himself as some sort of King David. Whether foolishness suffices as a cause for resignation remains to be seen. What is definite is that, were adultery sufficient cause to disown a man or woman or political office, Congress would likely lose half its membership. Reverend Mohler and I have a different standard for fidelity than was present in the Old Testament. Neither of us would approve of polygamy, concubines, or harlots.\n\nPosted by: Martial | July 2, 2009 9:56 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nFake Christian... neo-fascist conservative with a liberal penis.\n\nPosted by: kkrimmer | July 2, 2009 9:30 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nOh please come on seriously? do you still believe in \"sin\" and \"repentance\" and all those old fashioned words? Certainly we live in another world, that guilty-based morality doesn't solve the problem of humanity and a good example of its failure is the behavior of governor Sanford who was a ferviant devoted christian but a human being at last. I kind of wish for all those republicans who condemned Clinton for his mistake to \"fall from heaven\" so they would understand. Now this one did. He should continue as a governor because he was doing a good job at it. Who cares about his affair, I can care less. Then, if he found his soul-mate he should go after her or bring her here, divorce (YES DIVORCE) his wife and bring some glamour to his life.\n\nPosted by: Piccolina | July 2, 2009 9:26 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nI just hope that when he dies and he is sitting in hell with Bill Clinton, John Edwards, and Gary Hart that they can establish a better bipartisan relationship.\n\nPeople get a life political party has nothing to do with these guys egos and inability to cope with life.\n\nPosted by: staterighter | July 2, 2009 9:13 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nFirst of all, Sanford was not \"ambushed\" by the media.He was met in a public place by a reporter who immediately identified herself. So stop this crap about a public official being kneecapped. In the second place, Sanford is the powerless governor of a state where all the power resides in the legislature. Don't you know that? Lastly, if Mark Sanford had a shred of integrity or decency, he would flee to Argentina to be with his \"soul mate\" and leave his wife and four boys with all his valuables. Of course, the Argentine bimbo at that point would have no need for him. Even though he alleges to be a \"fiscal conservative\". Now, ain't that rich?\n\nPosted by: tytyman | July 2, 2009 9:11 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nSomebody please apply the 25th amendment to Governor Sanford. He will never notice that it's not part of the SC constitution, he's too far gone.\n\nPosted by: Bluefish2012 | July 2, 2009 9:10 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nI am not sympathetic to Governor Mark Sanford's political views. Nor would I recommend his hypocrisy and past sanctimonious behavior as a role model to other politicians. Obviously he is in deep emotional turmoil, which he is going to have to work out for himself, perhaps with the help of those close to him. But so far he has not demonstrated that he is incapable of carrying out the duties that the people of South Carolina elected him to do, nor has he been found guilty of any crimes and misdemeanors. Thus, unless he feels he can no longer carry out those duties, there are no reasons for him to resign.\n\nPosted by: raymondw1 | July 2, 2009 8:48 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\n2 Samuel 5:13...\"After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.\" I guess Argentina will have to do....\n\nPosted by: tbrucia | July 2, 2009 8:47 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nGod forgives Christians for their sin, but ultimately they pay for the consequence of their sin, and others close to them suffer too because of the sin. To be \"truly\" repentant the \"sinner\" must turn away from the sin \"completely\". Christians should not try to play games with God, because God will not be mocked. The key is \"true\" \"repentance.\"\n\nPosted by: opinion48 | July 2, 2009 8:09 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\n(sings) The most beautiful sound I ever heard: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word . . Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . Maria! I've just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly that name Will never be the same To me. Maria! I've just kissed a girl named Maria, And suddenly I've found How wonderful a sound Can be! Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing, Say it soft and it's almost like praying.\n\nGuv. Sanford has the emotional maturity of a 16 year old.\n\nYou can only laugh at this guy's press conferences.\n\nHe is like a Harlequin novel come to life!\n\nPosted by: captn_ahab | July 2, 2009 7:54 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nI love it when the fundamentalist ayatollahs of right wing seminaries eat their young.\n\nPosted by: medogsbstfrnd | July 2, 2009 7:47 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nPlease, people, get a sense of humor. This man Sanford is almost as entertaining and dazzlingly vulgar and tacky as the Palin family! The Confessions of Saint Sanford! Please don't make him resign now!!! You must admit that these fallen \"Christians,\" who would tell the rest of us what is moral and what isn't, become highly entertaining when they break their own rules and then try to explain their downfalls. Keep on keepin' on, guvnor!\n\nPosted by: eslinda | July 2, 2009 7:46 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nSanford's analogy with King David, which is patently absurd, is a means to manipulate the public and get out of resignation. Sanford needs to permanently remove himself from public office. Rev. Bookburn - Radio Volta\n\nPosted by: revbookburn | July 2, 2009 6:54 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nGovernor Sanford did not sin. His afterlife will be no different than that of Mohler as worm food. He broke agreements with his wife when he cavorted with a mistress (and other women). He broke his contract with the people of South Carolina when he disappeared without trace for five days. He should have had the character to break up with his wife prior to falling into bed with Maria. He should have spoken about his love and failing marriage to the people of SC and then visited Argentina. But it is Sanford's life and it is his story. He should write it anyway he chooses. If there is a God He will definitely judge Mohler much more harshly than He will ever judge a fallen Sanford or Clinton. If there is an afterlife I fear for Mohler. Stones will be thrown at him at regular intervals.\n\nPosted by: indiamerican | July 2, 2009 6:44 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nSeems to me he has to keep himself in the public eye so reassure his mistress that although he can't be with her, she can see him on TV.\n\nThe media would do well to end all interviews in order for him to make up his mind where he wants to be.\n\nNow he is writing a book? Didn't William Faulkner turn to writing bedause he was spurned by his \"soul mate\" and wanted to get her attention?\n\nIf Mrs. Sanford takes him back, it will be because she feels sorry for him and what he is going through. Good luck with that.\n\nPosted by: disunion | July 2, 2009 6:14 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nKing David was King of the Jews and a man after god's own heart. Years ago, Billy James Hargis in Tulsa compared himself to King David too. God is evil and so are all three \"mortals\".\n\nIsaiah 45:7, Lam 3:38, Amos 3:6\n\nPosted by: icn2u | July 2, 2009 5:46 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nWell, if respectable at all, it's more respectable to be in love when you commit adultery than just wanting to fool around. And even though I don't trust a man who cheats, I don't really see how the rest of us should be entitled to know everything about this love story and what they were writing to each other (or even want to know). It concerns him, his wife and his lover.\n\nBut since I know, I wonder why he is not marrying this soul mate. Either that, or he should have backed off in the first place and tried to rekindle feelings for his wife.\n\nPosted by: asoders22 | July 2, 2009 5:43 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nIf a firefighter employed by a public entity cheated on his wife (and they do... that thing about their long hoses is not joke!) should that firefighter be expelled from the firefighting unit?\n\nAnd what about the Catholic priests that have mistresses by the hundreds?\n\nAnd what about Dick Cheney that almost killed his hunting buddy because he (Dick Cheney) though his hundting buddy had an affair with one of Dick´s mistresses?\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 5:34 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nIf a firefighter employed by a public entity cheated on his wife (and they do... that thing about their long hoses is not joke!) should that firefighter be expelled from the firefighting unit?\n\nAnd what about the Catholic priests that have mistresses by the hundreds?\n\nAnd what about Dick Cheney that almost killed his hunting buddy because he (Dick Cheney) though his hundting buddy had an affair with one of Dick´s mistresses?\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 5:32 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nThose who are asking for the Governor´s resignation are those who would like to cheat on their respective wives but are so ugly and inept when it comes to talking to a nice looking girl that not even a 90 year old cow would listen to them.\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 5:25 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nFirst of all, it's kind of refreshing to have a politician, essentially say he is in love with his mistress. I appreciate the candor.\n\nAs to the state of South Carolina, well, the entertainment value alone should justify his staying in office. I only wish he'd dump the wife, and bring the hottie from Argentina up here. It would be a hoot.\n\nAs to his four kids, I doubt he's a great father anyway, not making sure his kids could contact him on father's day. He'd probably be a better step-father to the hottie's two kids.\n\nGov., go with your heart. Someone is calling you down yonder. And please, put the Bible away for a while, and enjoy.\n\nPosted by: santafe2 | July 2, 2009 5:22 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nGovernor... you love that girl? Then be with her and tell everyone else my heart and my bed are off-limits. I am not a Republican (nor a Democrat), I do not belong to any Church, but I am human as you are and I have been in love also. If a God really exists, that God gave us a heart and the capacity to love with passion. Do what your heart tells you to do and not what the CNN newsperson is selling to her/his audience to satisfy the advertisers.\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 5:20 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nI just love the tolerance of all you \"open minded\" liberals. You castigate Dr. Mohler, but are guilty of what you accuse him of. Get the beam out of your eye before you go after Mohler's speck in his.\n\nPosted by: bhaynes129 | July 2, 2009 5:16 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nNah, Sanford can't repent - puhlease, people - this is a story of true love.\n\nWhat he can do is resign.\n\nPosted by: Ruffles1 | July 2, 2009 5:11 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nIf we want to see Christian cheating on wives at its best we need to look no further that the Cruzades. Husband will scream from the bottom of his castle all around wall: \"...Honey... I am leaving... I am going on a Cruzade... You honey take care of the kids... the castle... the pigs... the chicken...I will be back from the Holy Sepulcre in ten years...\" and out he goes to pillage and rape... for ten years! In the name of Jesus!!!\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 5:08 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\n\"You know, they refused Jesus too...(Albert Mohler) said, you're not him...\"\n\nPosted by: maxim678504 | July 2, 2009 5:04 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nDidn´t George Washington use to cheat?\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 5:04 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nI have to honestly admitt it: religious people and their posts, op-eds, editorials, etc give me free comic relief.\n\nOtherwise I would have to pay to hear some stand-up comedian and you religious people, particularly the American Talibaners of the Evangelical Christian Church(es) are funnier.\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 5:00 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nNow... here we are... Third Millenium (for the religious nuts)... and a Governor of South Carolina is judged by what a certain Kind David did when the human race and the racoon looked very much alike.\n\nWould someone please tell these religious nuts that (counting from the time good Joseph became a \"cornutto\") is the year of 2009...\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 4:56 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nMr Mohler should resign. His heart is not functioning so he should resign and regenerate. Sanford is a human and a man who fell in love with a woman to whom he is not married. That's not sufficient cause for him to resign the governorship. If he's performing the job competently, he should stay on until his term expires. To condemn someone for human behaviour is moralistic, unrealistic, and says more about the state of the condemner than the one the condemner would condemn. Get off your prudish soapbox Mohler and come down to earth.\n\nPosted by: aguy7 | July 2, 2009 4:56 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nLets assume Tiger Woods drives his ball into the woods and someone says: \"...you see... Sam Snead would never grab his driver that way...\" I am sure everyone around would scream right away: \"Sam Snead... that is pre-historic!!!!\"\n\nNow... here we are... Third Millenium (for the religious nuts)... and a Governor of South Carolina is judged by what a certain Kind David did when the human race and the racoon looked very much alike.\n\nWould someone please tell these religious nuts that (counting from the time Joseph became a \"cornutto\") is the year of 2009...\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 4:53 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nI am much less concerned about Sanford's conflicted personal than I am about his association with \"the Family et al\", the pseudo-Christian group headed by Douglas Coe that believes anything that a member of their \"fellowship\" (which focuses on recruiting influencial & wealthy corporate & political leaders) does is OK as long as they says it's for Jesus. This group has very odd beliefs, such as claiming the members replace Jews as God's \"chosen people\" and supporting dictators who killed thousands of their own people, such as Suharto. Apparently he was doing God's work. This is a secretive group that gives ease to our political representatives in an address in Washington called \"C street.\" This group has a long association with right wing groups that formed to oppose and ultimately defeat FDR's social reforms. Why isn't the media covering the association of BOTH Sandford and that other hypocrite, Ensign, to this scary \"Fellowship.\" It's important for people to know that their legislators associate with theocrats with a political & economic agenda that is antithetical to the most basic democratic principles. Nothing frightens me more than a secretive organizating giving support & sustenance to the egos that hold the strings of our future in their idiot hands.\n\nOh, BTY, the \"spiritual advice\" coming from his \"advisors\" in this bunch of crazies is that Sanford should imagine putting a bullet into the head of his lover. Not surprising, seeing how misogyny usually accompanies authoritarian economic & political fundamentalism, but really, do we want men to conquer their passions by imagining more directing even more violence at women!\n\nI'm betting Sanford's anguish is more a conflict over his ambition vs. love than faith vs. passion!\n\nPosted by: Karyn1 | July 2, 2009 4:50 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nIs South Carolina full name The Christian Thoecratic State of South Carolina?\n\nOr is it: The American Equivalent to the Islamic Taleban of South Carolina?\n\nThe Governor is in love with someone who happens to be other than his wife... so what? I am sure 99% of South Carolinians cheated on their spouses at least once.\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 4:42 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nDavid became a \"model...of repentence\". But he also got to keep the dead soldier's wife. Nice work if you can get it.\n\nPosted by: newageblues | July 2, 2009 4:39 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nantypasa, if you see nothing wrong with an extramarital affair based on love, then you should see nothing wrong with homosexuality based on love, either.\n\nOn another note, perhaps Sanford should be excused for taking a strictly business trip to deliver his own stimulus package to an economically distressed Argentinian..., perhaps.\n\nPosted by: TalkingHead1 | July 2, 2009 4:37 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nPlease DO NOT, DO NOT resign. I do not believe in any of the religious cr@p you do believe but I believe you - as a Governor - must be judged by what you do at work and not in bed. If they wanted to elect a Saint they could have voted in the Vatican.\n\nPosted by: luispanagi | July 2, 2009 4:37 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nA big part of the problem is people like Albert Mohler Jr. and organizations like The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.\n\nTell me Mr. Mohler why are you using Bill Clinton's affair to assuage Gov Sanford's and every other republicans' immoral conduct? Bill Clinton did not drag Hillary and Chelsea into the mud the way Sanford is doing to his wife and kids!!! At least Clinton chose to save his family!!!! Isn't love for traditional \"family\" one of the pillars of a moral society you self-righteous religious type love to preach to democrats ??? So why are you putting Sanford in the same class as Clinton?? Sanford's conduct is far more egregious than Bill Clinton's but because Sanford is a republican, the republican religion politicians are minimizing it.\n\nMr Mohler, you & Southern Baptist disgust me! You are so arrogant you can't see the harm to the Body of Christ that you and your organization are doing!!!! I am so thankful that the God of the Universe. Yes that one! The God of Abraham, Issac & Jacob is no respecter of man; otherwise, He would be like you Mr. Mohler & your lukewarm organization behaving as though the only righteous people on the planet exist ONLY in the Republican party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nYou and the rest of your self-righteous bunch need to get pass Clinton's affair it is no longer good political cover nor a good excuse for your political party's behavior.\n\nPosted by: SteelWheel25 | July 2, 2009 4:32 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nSanford should resign. Not because he committed a sin in adultery, that's a private matter between him and God. He should resign because he is the chief law enforcement officer of South Carolina and is ultimately responsible for upholding South Carolina's law. In South Carolina, it is illegal, punishable by fine and/or prison, to have sex with someone other than your spouse when you are married. Sanford broke the law and he used public funds to assist himself in doing so. for that, he should be removed from office, either voluntarily or by impeachment.\n\nPosted by: adifferentpointofview | July 2, 2009 4:32 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nWhat a bunch of malarky. The man fell in love, and his letters are really quite touching. Falling in love happens--even to Christians! And when it does the force of the emotion overwhelms even the most moralizing souls. As Jesus said, \"Let he who is without sin....\"\n\nPosted by: antypasa | July 2, 2009 4:27 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\n(sings) The most beautiful sound I ever heard: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word . . Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . Maria! I've just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly that name Will never be the same To me. Maria! I've just kissed a girl named Maria, And suddenly I've found How wonderful a sound Can be! Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing, Say it soft and it's almost like praying.\n\nJust ROFL at this immature excuse for a Governor!!!!!\n\nPosted by: captn_ahab | July 2, 2009 4:04 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nIt is a continuing danger to have real or contrived scandals used to overturn elections. Sanford’s affairs are not a legitimate public issue. Of course, he is answerable to his wife and family — and his own conscience.\n\nMy view on this is not confined to wayward Republicans. Last year’s scandal with New York Governor Eliot Spitzer should have remained private. Like Sanford now, Spitzer’s responsibility was to his wife and family.\n\nTwo decades ago, through an odd chain of events, I became the press secretary for Arizona Governor Evan Mecham. He was impeached and removed from office, but for all the wrong reasons. His public image was that of a racist, which he was not. The state legislature accused Mecham of a number of crimes, none of which were ever proven.\n\nI have begun compiling and posting old letters, speeches, articles and other documents regarding the impeachment of Even Mecham. Although that was 20 years ago, I believe this fairly recent history is important to study before any more legitimate elections are overturned by scandal and media frenzy.\n\nThe web site is at: http://www.kensmith.us\n\nPosted by: kensmith1 | July 2, 2009 4:00 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nMr. Mohler is entitled to his perspective. However, I've read the Governor's correspondence with his mistress and struggle to find anything that could be described as \"sickening\" (juvenile perhaps, but not sickening). Sometimes I wonder if significant parts of the US Christian movement find sex itself repulsive. It would certainly explain a great deal.\n\nPosted by: LeprechaunAngst | July 2, 2009 3:59 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nRomantic love is a relatively recent phenomenon in human history. Arranged marriages have been the norm throughout most of the race's lifespan on the planet, and are still the norm in parts of Asia and, I believe, Africa. For Americans in particular \"love\" is usually equated with \"feeling,\" and therein lies the snare in Gov. Sanford's case. The Marriage Encounter movement has it right: Love is not a feeling but a decision. Of course that's much easier said than done - I'm divorced and remarried myself. But the ideal should still remain that we honor our vows -- and if we cannot, then we should not slink off to play out of sight and expect our family and friends, and in this case, the entire State of South Carolina, to forgive & forget if we just belly up to the mike, shed a few tears and say. \"I'm sorry. Can't we all just go on?\" John Patrick Grace - Huntington, WV\n\nPosted by: publishersplace | July 2, 2009 3:57 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nAnyone familiar with the story of David should understand that the king had a man murdered so he could marry that man's wife. Bathsheba was not David's only wife, either. For his sin, his most beloved son with Bathseba was killed. But David is in the lineage of Christ.\n\nSo, no, Sanford is no David, but we should all hope he doesn't do anything more to try to draw the parallels.\n\nPosted by: Xlnt | July 2, 2009 3:56 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nAren't we all going to love the moment when Righteous Al Mohler has to admit to an affair but refuses to leave his post at the Seminary?\n\nPosted by: clsvail | July 2, 2009 3:42 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nI don't have a dog in the fight about Sanford resigning. That's up to the people of S.Carolina.\n\nI only want Republicans to stop living as if they were the only moral people in the world. I want them to judge others by the same standards they judge themselves; that people make errors in their personal lives and they can learn and recover from them. All too often Republicans like Mark Sanford in particular, preach and wail when Democrats fall from grace but offer a forgiving hand when it's a Republican. We saw the same hypocrisy when Mrs. Palin's teenaged daughter became pregnant out of wedlock. Unforgivable for a young black woman, to be embraced and forgiven in a white, Republican family.\n\nThe problem is if the Republicans actually decided to make personal, sexual choices off limits they would have to extend that to gays, lesbians, and abortion rights. This they cannot do. Now they straddle a terrible dilemma; how do they excuse the sexual peccadillos of Mark Sanford and but not a Democrat, gay, lesbian, or woman who wants to choose an abortion.\n\nThere is only one way I know of, you claim you alone are forgiven by God because everyone else is Godless. La Coulter herself has already made this leap. Republicans must press forward, embrace prosperity Christianity, and try to make America into a religious state. In this state God shows his grace by showering the Godly with wealth and power. Whatever one must do to achieve God's grace is acceptable. Falls from grace are forgivable. Personal lives of the Godless can be regulated because they are Godless.\n\nPosted by: arancia12 | July 2, 2009 3:41 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nNo need to even repent, Sanford, just resign and disappear from the public. Or, emigrate to Argentina.\n\nPosted by: TalkingHead1 | July 2, 2009 3:31 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nWhatever Gov. Sanford does, he should do it off stage. My heart goes out to anyone in his state of pain and confusion both spiritually and personally, but he should not be trying to run a government while he deals with those issues.\n\nPosted by: gshpc | July 2, 2009 3:29 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nFirst, MZBond, hearts are powerful, and God says that and He loves our hearts. But he holds the mind and the discipline of choice above the heart. We choose with our mind, or we are lost. Thank you Dr. Mohler for a very insightful and articulate summary. Your words echo my thoughts on this that I could not articulate as well. Blessings.\n\nPosted by: Bert12 | July 2, 2009 3:06 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nGod is in our hearts, we must follow our hearts. Mark Sanford should not feign from his wife. He should divorce her and be with his true love.\n\nPosted by: mzbond | July 2, 2009 2:46 PM Report Offensive Comment\n\nTitle:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A Governor, a King, and the Tragedy of Adultery", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: A recent report found 46% of parents agreed that their child knew more about the Internet than they did. And now new research shows parents are turning to their children for lessons in technology. The new study of around 1,000 parents showed that 67% of parents have asked their teenager children for technology-related advice. 44% have asked their teenager for help using the Internet, and 41% have received teen advice about how to use the TV or home entertainment system. Ahad Surooprajally, a father of five children, says his children help him with technology in the home. \"They've grown up surrounded by technology,\" he explains. \"We have four computers and four iPads in our house. If I want to know something technical they're the ones I go to.\" He says his nine-year-old son Habeeb is the only person in the house who really understands the TV. So he tells Habeeb which film he wants to watch and Habeeb connects his mobile phone to the TV. \"You teach your kids everyday life lessons, but the tables are turned when it comes to technology,\" says Ahad. As well as learning how to use technology properly, there is another advantage of parents asking their children to help them understand the digital world. They may be able to get a better understanding of what their kids are doing online. Will Gardner of the charity Childnet International says, \"We have to continuously encourage parents to find out more about what their children are doing online. If the kids are using a social networking site, get them to show you around it if you are not using it already.\" Question: What do we know about the new study? - Few parents trust their children to give them advice. - About half of the parents have no idea how to use a computer. - Most teenagers know more about the Internet than their parents. - Over two-thirds of parents turned to their teenagers on tech matters.\n**Answer**\nOver two-thirds of parents turned to their teenagers on tech matters.\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: The 32ndHong Kong Art Festival,to be held early next year,will be based on the theme of \"family\". The art festival, considered to be Asia's best, began in 1973. \"We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the multiple performances in our art festival,\" Douglas Gautier, the festival's management director, said in a press conference in the capital. In the 29 days of the festival, which runs from February 8 to March 7,2004, the audience can choose from 111 performances of 51 programmes staged by 700 foreign performers,450 local artists and 160 actors from the mainland. Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and dance to outdoor spectaculars. The programmes include Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet, the ballet Mozartina and African dances, to name just a few. The lineup includes the English Touring Theatre, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Zurich Ballet, the Spanish National Dance Troupe, as well as Europe Galante the Petersen Quarter, pianists Angela Hewitt and Marc-Andre Hamelin, and saxophonist Jan Garbarek. In an effort to increase attendance, hotels and airlines are offering _ along with art festival ticket sales, most of which are at 20% and 30% discounts. For more information, please check: _ Question: The 32ndHong Kong Art Festival _ . - will be held from February 8 to March 28 - has 111 programmers in all - includes more than 1,300 performers - will be based on the theme of \"family\" and held for 29 days\n**Answer**\nwill be based on the theme of \"family\" and held for 29 days\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Robert Frost was at heart a mean-spirited human being, not the kind of man one would expect to write poetry. He was born in San Francisco. Frost entered Dartmouth University in 1893, but dropped out, and switched to Harvard, which he attended for two years. He started a brief teaching career, where he was inspired to become a poet by some of his students' work. Frost stopped teaching and became a farmer. During this time he wrote numerous poems, and a couple of short stories. While he was a farmer he started to think seriously about becoming a famous poet. In almost all of his poems, Frost wrote in the first person. The first widely-read poem that he published was called My Butterfly. At first his audience was very small, but with his Collected Poems he became famous. Robert Frost received almost all the awards that there were for poetry. His poetry describes the forces of nature, and the violence and deep emotional needs of human beings, which reflect the experiences of his childhood. Robert Frost will always be known as one of the best poets in history. His way of putting emotion and violence into words is remarkable . His talent for poetry is natural-born and he had discovered this when he started to farm. Even though he treated his wife and children terribly, he still became one of the best-known poets of his and our day. Question: From the passage we know that _ . - Robert Frost's most famous poem is My Butterfly - Robert Frost began to write when he was in college - Robert Frost gave up studying at Dartmouth University - his poetry showed the violence of war and his childhood\n**Answer**\nRobert Frost gave up studying at Dartmouth University\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Targeting teens Using the Web makes teens a target. Posting too much personal information for those millions of cyber eyes to see can cause some big problems and can even invite a threat to your life. As Mary learned, not everyone on the Internet is who he or she says they are. Adults will sometimes pose as other teens, posting fake photos and nice messages to gain trust. They use their fake identity to access the personal information of others, such as home address, phone number, or school name. \"That's not the most common scenario \", says David Finkelhor, a sociology professor at the University of New Hampshire. \"Only 3 percent of teens aged 10 to 18 who use the Internet report being asked to meet offline. But the danger is real. Safety measures Mary's My Space profile is set to \"private\", which means that only the people she adds under the \"friend\" category can access her page. She also doesn't have any pictures of herself on her site. The only self-identifying material she has posted is her name, grade, and a list of hobbies. \"People can only add me if they know my last name or my e-mail, \"Mary says. \" I don't want random people to see my profile. I just go online to talk to my friends.\" Stay safe and have fun online Experts say almost 90 percent of U.S. teens are online. But not everyone knows how to surf the Web in a smart way. With these tips, you can have fun, stay safe, and avoid embarrassment! Pick a safe password. Make sure your password is something that other people won't be able to guess. Use numbers in between letters. \"spar123ky\" is better than \"sparky 123.\" Pick a safe username. Make sure yours doesn't say too much about you, \"Happygirl13\" is better than \"AliceWaters13.\" Don't include your name, age, or where you are from. Never tell a stranger your name, school, address, age, birthday, phone number, or friends' names. Question: Why are numbers used when we pick a safe password? - Numbers are easy to write. - Using numbers are cool online. - The safe password is more unlikely to be guessed. - Numbers are popular online.\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The safe password is more unlikely to be guessed.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Researches at Johns Hopkins University's. Applied Physics laboratory ( APL) in Laurel , Maryland have designed a new human-like robot, Its name is Robo Sally. The machine can be controlled from a distance and can he used to do work that is dangerous for human beings. Roho Sally has two long arms with human-like hands. She can use her fingers to pick up small objects .examine them in detail and do most things that human hands can do Each finger contains a tiny motor capable of squeezing 20 pounds of pinch foree ,.enough to defuse a bomb under the direction of an operator. She sits on a metal base with wheels that let her move around. turn in tight spaces and climb over small objects, . Mike McLoughlin is the main investigator for the Applied Physics Laboratory's Prosthetics Program. \"The purpose of that program is to develop prosthetic arms that have all the capability of your natural arms .and you do all the complex motions that we can do with the natural arm- with the robot. \" It was a difficult job. Mr. McLoughlin says the device had to have many small motors to. have the ability to do what a human hand does; It also needs to have human-like strength. The thumb was especially difficult because it permits the hand .to hold objects. And everything had. to fit into a space about the size of a human hand. The next problem .he says .was to figure out how to control the artificial hand. \" So we had to figure out how to make the connection between the brain and this arm. For search-and-rescue duties.Roho Sally will be operated by a human being using a wire- less machine that is far from the robot. The operator will also wear special gloves and glasses. The glasses permit the operator to see the robot's hands .even though they are far away. Mr. McLoughlin says this kind of robots could be used in what he calls \"dull , dirty or dan- gerous\" situations where fine human finger movements are required. He says the technology is not ready for everyday application .but he predicts that within five years... Question: What can we learn ahout the prosthetic arms according to the passage? - They are expected to function as well as natural ones. - They have many large motors controlled by robots. - They have human-like strength to control the robot. - They are connected with human brains.\nThey are expected to function as well as natural ones.\n------\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister. So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house. I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already _ , but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry. As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water. I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water. In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I'd left behind was gone...but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived. By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community. Question: What might be the title for the passage? - Lost it All, Gained Even More - Once Gone, Never Returned - Caught in the Hurricane - Trapped in a Dilemma\nLost it All, Gained Even More\n------\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Many people say dolphins are very intelligent. They seem to be able to think, understand, and learn things quickly. But are they smart like humans or more than cats or dogs? Dolphins use their brains differently from people. But scientists say dolphin intelligence and human intelligence are similar in some ways. How? Fact 1: Talk to me Like humans, every dolphin has its own \"name\". The name is a special whistle. Each dolphin chooses a specific whistle for itself, usually by its first birthday. Actually, scientists think dolphins, like people, \"talk\" to each other about a lot of things, such as their age, their feelings, or finding food. And, like humans, dolphins use a system of sounds and body language to communicate. But understanding their conversations is not easy for humans. No one speaks \"dolphin\" yet, but some scientists are trying to learn. Fact 2: Let's play Dolphins are also social animals. They live in groups, and they often join others from different groups to play games and have fun--just like people. In fact, playing together is something only intelligent animals do. Fact 3: Fishermen's helper Dolphins and humans are similar in another way: both make plans to get something they want. In the seas of southern Brazil, for example, dolphins use an interesting strategy to get food. When fish are near a boat, dolphins show signs to the fishermen to put their nets in the water. Using this method, the men can catch a lot of fish. What is the advantage for the dolphins in doing so? They get to eat some of the fish. Question: What does a dolphin often use as its \"name\"? - A body language. - A special whistle. - Its feeling. - Its age.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A special whistle.\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Every student in Australia must wear their school uniforms when they are at school.There are many kinds of uniforms such as suits,dresses,shorts,skirts,shirts,T-shirts and so on. Class usually begins at 8:00 a.m.in most Australian schools,and sometimes it begins at 10:00 a.m.You needn't go to class with your schoolbag,you can put it in your own cabinet and only take a few books.There are many subjects:English,Maths,Biology,Geography,History,Physics,Chemistry ,Music,Computer,PE,Chinese Drama and so on.In a computer class,each student sits at a table and does their work.They are very quiet.The teacher goes around them to give directions to them.One class is about two hours.At noon all the students have lunch at school.Their lunch is sandwiches and some fruit. In the afternoon there's only one class.School ends at 3:30 P.m.Some students can swim or play ball games until 5:30 P.m.Then they must go home.They seldom do homework,even the students in Grade Eleven.This is the school life of the Students in Australia. Question: In a computer class,each student is very _ . - quiet - noisy - happy - sad,\nquiet\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: You may have heard of the famous saying, \"East or west, home is the best.\" What does the word \"home\" mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Chinese? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it sometimes has no exact translation. It's not surprising, because the idea of home is \" different from country to country and from person to person\". A home is more than a roof and four walls. It's the cooking ,eating, talking, playing and sleeping that go on inside. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed. Homes look different in different countries. They also have different things inside. For example, in cold northern Europe, there's a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it, In the south, where the sun shines a lot and it's more important to keep the heat out, there are small windows and cool stone floors. We asked some people about their homes. How often do people move house in your country? \" In my country many people don't stay in one place for a very long time. They often move every ten years or so.\" ------Cheryl, Boston, USA What are the features of homes in your country? \" In Britain, even in town, there's always a garden. We have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we don't often have balconies. The weather isn't warm enough!\" ------Pat, Exeter, England Question: The word \"home\" sometimes has no exact translation because _ . - people can't find this word in the dictionary - no one knows what it is - it may have different meaning in different people's eyes - people can't understand each other very well\n(Answer)\nit may have different meaning in different people's eyes\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill. He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five. He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five. He thought, \"It's a little bit earlier. I'll wait for a moment. It's good to keep the time.\" Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's. He looked around and saw a noisy square not far from here. He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last light of afternoon sun and make himself quiet. He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily. Suddenly he heard a girl crying. He came up to her and asked some questions. Then he knew she got lost. John tried to find out her address and took her home. The girl's parents were very thankful. Then John hurried to the doctor's. The doctor said angrily when he saw him, \"You're late. Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes? \" John said nothing but one word--\"Sorry! \" Question: The girl cried because _ . - someone hit her - she fell off her bike - her parents were angry with her - she didn't find the way home\nAns: she didn't find the way home\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: We each have a memory. That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories. A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises Question: Everybody learns his mother language _ . - after he goes to school - when he is a small child - at the age of six - when he can write and read\n(A).\nwhen he is a small child\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: If you are not happy with China's high Internet fees and slow speed, you are not alone.So is Premier Li Keqiang.On April 14, he said in a meeting that the government should speed up the Internet and lower the fees. \"The first question people ask at a new place is 'Is there WI-FI' because Internet service fees are so high,\" said Premier Li.According to a recent survey by CCTV, the average cost of 1GB mobile Internet data per month in China is 100 Yuan, while it is only 60 Yuan in the US and 40 in Japan. However, high prices don't necessarily mean good service.The average Internet speed in China was 4.25Mbps in late 2014.South Korea had the fastest average Internet speed-25.3 Mbps.People can download a 1 GB movie within 6 minutes in South Koreas, but in China it would take half an hour. To improve Internet services, the key is to build more fiber networks.Through them we can send text, pictures and videos globally in less than a second, which offer high speed Internet.Besides, the lack of market competition is another problems. _ ,. (2,10) Question: What is the best title for the passage? - China's Internet Economy. - Shopping Online. - China Wants Cheaper, Quicker Internet. - China Unicom and China Telecom\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "China Wants Cheaper, Quicker Internet.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem:OPTIONS:\n- Aiming high and do admirable things like hawks.\n- Learning from the cactus to be worried and ashamed of itself.\n- Acting as the lizard to be proud of itself and look down upon others.\n- Having a heart that seeks to do good and never gives up.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: A cactus stood all alone in the desert, wondering why it was stuck in the middle of nowhere.\"I do nothing but stand here all day,\" it sighed.\"What use am I? I'm the ugliest plant in the desert.My spines are thick and prickly , my leaves are rubbery and tough, I can't offer shade or juicy fruit to any passing traveler.I don't see that I'm any use at all.\" All it did was stand in the sun day after day, growing taller and fatter.Its spines grew longer and its leaves tougher...It truly was strange-looking. \"I wish I could do something useful,\" it sighed.By day, hawks circled high overhead.\"What can I do with my life?\" the cactus called.Whether they heard or not, the hawks sailed away.At night, the moon floated into the sky and cast its pale glow on the desert floor.\"What good can 1 do with my life?\" the cactus Called: The moon only stared coldly as it goes on its way.A lizard crawled by, leaving a little trail in the sand with its tail.\"What worthy thing can I do?\" the cactus called.\"You?\" the lizard laughed, pausing a moment.\"Worthy deed? Why, you can't do anything! The hawks circle ways overhead, tracing delicate patterns for us all to admire.The moon hangs high like a lantern at night, so we can see our way home.Even I, the lowly lizard can decorate the sands with these beautiful brush-drawings as I pull my tail along.But you do nothing but get uglier every day.\" And so it went on year after year.At last the cactus grew old, and it knew its time was short.\"Oh, God\" it cried out, \"I've wondered so long, and I've tried so hard.Forgive me if I've failed to find something worthy to do.\" But just then the cactus felt a strange stirring and unfolding.At its very tip, like a sudden crown, a glorious flower suddenly opened in bloom. Never had the desert known such a blossom.Its fragrance perfumed the air far and wide and brought happiness to all passing by. The butterflies paused to admire its beauty, and even the moon smiled when it rose to find such a treasure.The cactus heard a voice.\"You have waited long,\"... Question: What attitude should lonely ordinary people have in our life? Answer:\n****\nA: Having a heart that seeks to do good and never gives up.\n\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- rich western industrialized country\n- backward agricultural country\n- modern society with religious tradition\n- nation closed to the outside world\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Hoorah!I have escaped the Czech Republic! I am now wearing light clothing and sunglasses, although the _ today,as it is cool and overcast with cloud and it has rained slightly. The city of Qatar is flat and sandy with few trees -- mostly palms. You can see construction everywhere, new streets with hotels and apartment blocks in prefix = st1 /Venicetheme. It's a mix of super modern and traditional building styles. Everything looks new including the vehicles. There are many huge roundabouts; no traffic rules or at least no one obeys any. The huge 4-storey shopping mall in fantastic style has an ice rink on the ground floor. Thousands of people walk round the waterfront after dark. Qataris are very religious and there are calls to prayers regularly. Qatari men are dressed in all sorts of traditional clothing plus western dresses. You can easily find imported labour from South Asian countries, poorly paid and discriminated against. I am told that Qataris don't hide their racist attitudes. Women are always wonderful sights. Some are in all sorts of black clothing with face uncovered; some totally enveloped; lots wearing western dresses. Best sight so far: a woman in a mall completely wrapped in black including gloves, not even an eye shown -- wearing glasses on the outside of her veil , using a cell phone while fingering a dress. I am living with my employers -- a New Zealandcouple, and another teacher namedWayne, all about my age. We share one apartment. I have a large room with a bathroom attached: it is a little run-down but very comfortable. The only rather annoying thing is that I have to use the laptop on my bed as there is no desk and chair in here. As soon as it is clear that I will be staying I will make a change to all this. I haven't lived with other people for many years and have been used to living alone so it will be interesting to see how this works. Question: In the author's eyes, Qataris a _ . Answer:\n****\nA: modern society with religious tradition\n\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- Something you feel surprised at.\n- The problems you have when you go to another country.\n- The frightening feelings you have.\n- Something different from your own culture.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Each year,millions of people go abroad to work,study,or travel.It's a great way to find out what life is like in another part of the world! You're probably hoping to make new friends and learn about the culture in your host country everything from attitudes and beliefs to social customs and popular foods.But constantly having to deal with new situations can be frustrating ,even stressful. Homesickness,stress,fear,and confusion are all symptoms of\"culture shock\".At first,you may feel like getting on the plane and heading home.It's OK to have those feelings,but the following are some tips to help you handle the challenges that you will face. Don't expect to be perfect.You may feel frustrated that you have culture shock,especially since you probably spent so much time preparing for your trip.No matter how much information you read,or how well you speak the host language,it is natural to feel over-whelmed sometimes.If you give yourself some time,things will gradually get easier. Have an open mind.While it's certainly OK to feel frustration or confusion in your new surroundings,try not to form an opinion about the new culture too soon.Don't think of the host as better or worse,just different--you'll be more willing to try new things. Participate.This is obvious,but everybody needs to be reminded.Just watching life go on around you isn't good enough.You really need to try things for yourself.Don't worry about making a mistake;people in your host country will generally be very understanding and willing to help if you have question.Your study abroad experience is fl unique and special time in your life,one that you'll never forget.If you follow our suggestions,you'll be able to handle it well,and have a wonderful time.Good luck ! Question: What is culture shock? Answer:\n****\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The problems you have when you go to another country.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: In many countries today,laws protect wildlife.In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago. About 300 B.C.an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today.The killing of game animals was carefully governed.Some animals were fully protected.Within the forest,nobody was allowed to cut trees,burn wood,or trap animals for their furs.Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park,so that other animals would not become uneasy. The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before.About a thousand sorts of animals are in danger of extinction,and the speed at which they are being destroyed has been _ .With mammals ,for example,the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year;from A. D.1 to 1800,the speed was about one sort every fifty years.Everywhere,men are trying to solve the problem of saving wildlife while caring for the world's growing population.\n****\n[A]: Question: This report says that the need for protecting wildlife _ .Options:A is met in many countries todayB was understood centuries agoC is carried out in forests as well as in national parksD was described by an Indian writer about 2,300 years agoAnswer:B\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Everyone seems to be in favor of progress. But \"progress\" is a funny word. It doesn't necessarily mean that something has become stronger, wiser or better. It simply means changing it from being one thing to another and sometimes it turns out to be worse than before. Consider medicine, for instance. No one can deny that medical progress has enriched our lives greatly. Because of medical advancements, we eat better, live easier and are able to take care of ourselves more efficiently. We can cure disease with no more than one injection or a pill. If we have a serious accident, doctors can put us back together again. If we are born with something defective , they can repair it. They can ease our pain, replace worn parts and give us children. They can even bring us back from death. These are wonderful achievements, but there is a price we have to pay. Because medicine has reduced death, the population has been rising steadily, in spite of serious efforts to reduce the rate of population growth. A child born in the United States today has better than a 90% chance of survival . Furthermore, medical advances have ensured that most of those new-born children will live to be seventy years of age or more. The result of this progress is a great population increase that threatens the quality of life, brought about by progress in the medical profession .\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: According to the passage, \"progress\" means _ .Options:A something has become betterB something has become worseC something has become funnyD something has changedAnswer:D\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Henry was a carpenter of our village. Once I asked him to make a table for my family. A week later, Henry sent us the table and the bill as well. My wife said to me, \"It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?\" \"I won't decide about that until I see the bill.\" I said. Henry was drinking a glass of water. He laughed and gave me a piece of paper. It said, Bill One dining table June 10, 2011 Cost of wood 17.00 Paint 1.50 Work, 8 hours (1 an hour) 8.00 Total 36.50 When I was looking at the bill, Henry said,\" It's a fine day, isn't it? Quite sunny.\" \"Yes,\" I said. \"I'm glad it is only the 10th of June.\" \"Me too, \" said Henry.\" You wait. It will be a bit hotter by the end of the month.\" \"Yes, hotter and more expensive. The table will be 20 more expensive on June 30th, won't they, Henry? \" I said, \"If it isn't too much trouble, please add it up again. You can forget the date.\" \"OK, man. You are such a guy.\" Henry said with a smile in his two blue eyes, and he left with the money he should get.\n++++++++\nAnswer: Question: The table was made of _ .Options:A WoodB glassC PaperD chairAnswer:A\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Long March exhibition The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of the Long March.On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s.Explanations are all in Chinese.The show will end on November 20. Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese /15 yuan for foreigners Thai elephants Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a pole, dancing and blowing a mouthorgan .People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them.The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at l:30 pm at weekends.The show will end on November 15. Address: 189 Daduhe Road Admission: 30-40 yuan Dancing dolphins Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and doing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for children.Seals and sea lions also perform. Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children. (252 words)\n\nA: Question: If you go to visit the Long March exhibition with an Australian, how much will you pay altogether for the admission?Options:A 16 yuan.B 30 yuan.C 23 yuan.D 20 yuan.Answer:C\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Are you a high school student who loves to be outdoors and is eager to experience new challenges, learn new skills and meet new people? Learn all about the world of building and maintaining hiking trails, and experience it in a safe, teamwork-oriented environment in various locations across the state. WTA offers first-time participants country trips and returning students have the option to go on trips in the back country . Front Country Trips Our front country trips provide opportunities for people to experience projects near the ocean, in the scenic Cascade Mountains and in northeast Washington. All our trips provide you with experienced crew leaders, a great project, some camping tents, sleeping bags and all your meals for the week. Advanced Back Country Trips On these trips you will be backpacking to the work site and will have a chance to advance your trail and leadership skills under the supervision of a WTA crew leader. Approval from a previous crew leader is necessary. Trip Details In 2014, trip fees for WTA members will be $195 for the first trip and $145 for each additional trip. Non-members will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip. There will be a $30 cancellation fee for cancellations more than 30 days prior to the trip, and no refund for cancellations less than 30 days prior to the trip. Due to the popularity of our trips, please submit your payment and application within two weeks of signing up for a trip. If a trip is full and you would like to be added to the waiting list, please call us at 206/625-1367 or email trail _ teams@wta.org. Scholarships We believe no student should have to stay at home this summer because he or she can't afford to go outside. Thanks to donations from members and supporters, WTA is proud to announce that we are able to offer a limited number of scholarships. Application deadline: March 1, 2014. 2014 Youth Volunteer Vacation You must be 14 to 18 years old to go on one of our Youth Volunteer Vacations. We...\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: You must be lucky enough to obtain a scholarship if you _ .Options:A apply before March 1, 2014B donate a little money to WTAC support WTA by advertisingD volunteer in your high schoolAnswer:A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Beginning in October, more than 13,000 McDonald's restaurants in America will use a new variety of cooking oil. McDonald' s aims to make its French fries and other fried foods healthier. The change will not affect the taste or the number of calories in the food. But by changing the cooking oil, McDonald's says, it hopes to cut by nearly half the amount of _ in French fries and reduce the amount of saturated fats by 16 percent. Scientists believe that trans fatty acids and saturated fats raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk of heart disease. McDonald's new step is important because McDonald's is an industry leader and other fast-food chains and food processors may follow the lead. For McDonald's ,the action comes at a time when Americans are becoming more and more concerned about; obesity and are increasing pressure on food companies to offer healthy and nutritious food to consumers. After three years of study, McDonald's officials say they are _ oil that is lower in saturated fats and trans fatty acids. McDonald's says the change will not cause higher price for consumers. Though there is some change, scientists say that the amount of trans fat in foods at McDonald's and at other fast-food companies is still important. Options: A lower the costs of the products B maker its food taste hatter than ever before C cure the heart disease D do good to the health of consumers Answer: D do good to the health of consumers Question:\nAnswer: More than 13,000 McDonald's restaurants in America will use a new kind of cooking oil to _ .\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: We're trying to decide where to go on our vacation this summer. We usually go to the Lake Arrowhead for a few weeks, but we'd like to go somewhere else this year. We're tired of doing the same thing summer after summer. Some friends of ours suggested that we go to Hawaii. That would be wonderful! I'm sure we'd enjoy a trip like that, but of course _ . In the first place, it would be rather expensive, and in the second place, there wouldn't be enough time. If we're lucky enough to save some money between now and next summer, and if I'm lucky enough to get four weeks of vacation instead of two weeks, maybe we can go to Hawaii next year. As a matter of fact, if we wanted to plan a trip like that, it might be advisable to stay home this summer and not go any place. That's one way we could begin to save some money for next year's trip. Also, if we were to stay here, I could offer to work instead of taking two weeks off; then maybe my boss would suggest that I be given four weeks' vacation next summer instead of two weeks. Options: A costs much more than B costs as much as C takes less time than D takes as much time as Answer: A costs much more than Question:\n****\n[A]: A trip to Hawaii _ that to Lake Arrowhead.\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: If you are trying to achieve big goals in your life and work, the chances are that, from time to time, you hit rock bottom. Nothing works, nothing goes right, and nothing succeeds. At times like these, you may feel like throwing in the towel. But before you do, read the following story. It might just change your mind. One day, a small business owner decided he'd had enough. Enough of the endless work, enough of the lack of response, enough of the disturbing loneliness. He went into the woods to have one last talk to the wise man. \"Mr. wise man,\" he said. \"Can you give me one good reason why I shouldn't give up?\" The answer took him by surprise. \"Look around you,\" the wise man said. \"Do you see the fern and the bamboo?\" \"Yes.\" the man replied. \"When I planted the fern and the bamboo, I took very good care of them. I gave them both equal amounts of food and water. I gave them sunlight in spring and protected them from the storms in autumn. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not give up on the bamboo. In the, second year, the fern grew even better than before but nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not give up on the bamboo. In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But l would not give up. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. Still would not give up.\" Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout came out from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small. But day by day the sprout grew. Within six months, the sprout had risen to a height of 100 feet. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.\"Did you know, young man, that all this time you have been struggling, you have been growing? Grow the roots that you need to produce your fruit.\" \"Don't compare yourself to others. All things have different purposes, and different journeys. The bamboo has a different purpose from the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful. Your time will come.... Options: A not turn to the wise man for help again B not give up in face of difficulties C give up his business later D grow some bamboo later Answer: B not give up in face of difficulties Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: From the passage we can conclude that the small business owner will\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: When he stopped his car at a traffic light in Basra, Bassam Rady noticed the motorbike with two riders on it passed by him slowly. Suddenly the bike turned round and Mr. Rady, feeling dangerous, tried to drive off. Before he could, a man on the back of the bike took out a gun from his jacket and fired. The bullet went through the windscreen and just missed him. As he sped away another shot was fired, but missed the car. Mr. Rady was an interpreter for British army in Iraq. As such, his life is in danger from the militia that once controlled the Iraqi city and is now returning. More than a year ago Iraqi soldiers, backed by US, brought peace and stability to Basra by driving militants over the Iranian border in an operation called Charge of the Knights. According to local estimates, however, about half have returned. Although they have not become as active as before, the militants are trying to shoot Iraqi citizens who worked with British. Most in danger are translators such as Mr. Rady. The 31-year-old father worked with soldiers on dangerous missions but was refused resettlement in Britain at the end of his employment. He worked with nine translators. Seven of them have been killed. \"I'm like a cancer patient -- now that the militia is back, my family is just waiting for me to die,\" Mr. Rady said. \"I see reports in the media that Basra is safe but it's not true. I know these militia people. I went to school with some of them. I didn't see them for a year but now they are around again. They have told me, 'Your day will come soon'.\" He takes security precautions and never follows a routine. This means that he cannot work because that would give the militants a better chance of success. Militiamen belonging to the alMahdi Army took control of Basra between 2004 and 2007 with other Shia fighters. They enforced strict Islamic rules at the same time as running criminal rackets. British army was unable or unwilling to fight back and eventually went back to their base at the airport. Options: A happy B tiring C busy D dangerous Answer: D dangerous Question:\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "We can draw the conclusion that Mr.Rady's work in Iraq is very_.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: Early one morning the sub-inspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it? I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out. I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant's doings. It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped. Its owner had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction. He was now twelve hours' journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in the town. It had already destroyed somebody's bamboo hut , killed a cow and turned over fruit!stalls. I came round the hut and saw a man's dead body sprawling in the mud. He was an Indian, and he could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk, put its foot on his back and grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on his stomach in the soft mud, _ standing beside, looking innocent. As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot for him. You could see the pain of it knocking the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground. Question: Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE? Yes or no, is the answer \"He was not a local villager.\"?\nNo\n\nArticle: Burmese pythons are some of the biggest snakes in the world and also one of the biggest problems in Florida's wetlands. So state officials have asked hunters to lend a hand. The pythons are originally from Asia. Brought to the US as pets or zoo animals, some were released or broke free into the wild and found Florida's warm weather to be perfect for a new settlement. It is estimated that tens of thousands now live in the everglades and the state's marshy wetlands. These supersize snakes are invasive species. \"The problem is with animals,\" says Carli Segelson, spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. \" The pythons eat native birds, reptiles, and small mammals, many of which are threatened species. \" Since the python moved in, several native species, such as bobcats and rabbits, have largely disappeared from Florida's wetlands:' So the Florida government has invited hunters to assist in solving this severe environmental problem. People will be allowed to hunt pythons around their breeding grounds for one month, starting on January 12. Officials are even offering cash prizes to whoever kills the most pythons and to whoever kills the longest Burmese pythons. They are hoping the contest will significantly reduce the population of this dangerous invader. \"Our goal is to help get rid of the pythons from the wild, educate the public about the snakes' impact on the Florida ecosystem, and inform them of what impacts non-native pets can have if allowed into the wild, \" Segelson said. Experts say it's unlikely the snakes will ever be removed from the wild in Florida. But they hope to bring the python problem under control and prevent the snakes from doing more harm. Question: The government's goal of hunting Burmese pythons is Yes or no, is the answer \"to keep the balance of nature\"?\nNo\n\nArticle: Hello! The University of Hawaii is located just outside of downtown Honolulu in green Manoa valley. We invite you to visit and want to let you know about our learning programs, the richness of our culture, the beauty of our environment, the spirit of our students and teachers, advanced equipment and modern buildings. We look forward to seeing you come. The following information is given so that your visit will be as easy as possible. You should get in touch with us ahead of time. You may directly contact the office of the College to schedule appointment service at 1-877-447-3233. To arrange a campus tour please hand in a request through our Online Campus Visit Request Form. Tours are on weekdays: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:00a.m. -- 9:30a.m.: Meet with a University Representative 9:30a.m. -- 11:30a.m.: General Campus Tour with a UHM (The University of Hawaii at Manoa) student Tuesday & Thursday 1:00p.m. -- 1:30p.m.: Meet with a University Representative 1:30p.m. -- 3:30p.m.: General Campus Tour with a UHM student You also can get in touch with us by: Phone Number: 1 (877) 447-3233, or 1 (808) 956-6524 E-mail: visituhm@hawaii.edu How do you get to UHM? It is in Honolulu less than 3 miles away from Waikiki and about 9 miles from Honolulu International Airport. By car: From Waikiki and from Honolulu International Airport Taxi: Taxi fare to UHM is about $25.00, except baggage charges and a tip of 10 to 15 percent. Public bus: Luggage is allowed on city buses. Bus stops are on the second floor of the airport. A one-way fare is $2.00 (in exact change). Question: According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? Yes or no, is the answer \"UHM is about 9 miles from Honolulu International Airport.\"?\nNo\n\nArticle: Shoppers throughout the West, wary of a double-dip recession , are still _ . However, Chinese consumers are opening their wallets--big time. According to McKinsey, shop sales in China have grown by 25 percent annually from 2007 to 2009. Consumer confidence is now at its highest point since 2007 and female shoppers are leading the way. Chinese women saved just 24 percent of their income, compared with 55 percent in 2006, according to a recent study in Women of China Magazine. What's more, three quarters of Chinese women say that they're the ones who control the family purse strings .That means the nation's 650 million women are an \"emerging powerhouse within the powerhouse\" of China. In the 1950s women contributed just 20 percent of household income. That rose to about 40 percent in the 1990s and then reached 50 percent last year. In a recent study of Chinese consumer behavior, McKinsey found that women tend to shop more frequently than men, and spend more on personal-care products and food. Men, by contrast, tend to spend more of their income on gadgets , drinks and alcohol, dining out, and socializing. They also tend to save for the bigger-ticket items, like cars and houses. Chinese women make up an ever-growing small part of the market--up from 20 percent a decade ago to 50 percent last year. It's estimated that in the next five years women will account for 55 percent of the $9 billion market. \"The future is female,\" concludes a January HSBC report on luxury goods in China. The Chinese Market Research Group recently found that women younger than 35 are the most optimistic segment in China. A very large 80 percent of the 3,500 women surveyed saying they'll spend more in the second half of 2010 than they did in the first half. With trends like these, Chinese women may bring new meaning to the term \"the power of the purse.\" Question: Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"Chinese Women Go shopping\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes to do the shopping with her mother. Her mother wants to buy some food for supper. Mary wants to buy a new skirt and some school things. They come to a shop. \"What does your shop sell?\" Mary asks, \"A lot of things.\" The girl in the shop says. \"You can buy food, drinks, clothes in our shop and school things, too.\" Mary and her mother go in. There are many people in the shop. Mary looks at a nice white skirt. \"How much is the skirt?\" Mary asks the girl in the shop. \"It's eighty yuan.\" \"That's too dear.\" \"What about the green one? It looks nice. And it's only thirty yuan.\" \"OK, thanks a lot.\" \"You are welcome.\" After that, Mary buys some school things, too. Here mother buys a lot of food, like bread, cakes, meat and fish. They get home very late. Question: Mary wants to buy a new skirt and _ . - some food - some drinks - come clothes - some school things\nsome school things\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Not long ago, I asked large mid-aged persons a question. I asked, \"How many of you had a hobby when you were children?\" Nearly everyone raised a hand. I then asked them to keep their hands in the air if they knew at least one of their children had a hobby. Most of the hands went down. I felt sad. It's terrible if the children don't have a hobby. How I wish all the parents can care their children's hobbies! Thirty years ago, almost every child in my neighborhood had some kinds of hobbies. Collecting and trading baseball cards was a popular hobby. Others, like coin collecting and stamp collecting, are also popular. One of my friends was collecting photos, another was collecting radios. In fact, hobbies can benefit children in several ways. _ are expressions of personal success and self-discovery . Hobbies also help build self- respect . Hobbies are educational tools, as well. For example, a child who becomes interested in rocketry --one of the most popular hobbies, can explore those skills in many ways. By working on hobbies, children learn to set goals, make decisions, and solve all sorts of problems. ,. Question: What's the main idea of this passage? - Many parents don't care about their children's hobbies. - Children need to have a hobby. - Hobbies help children build self- respect. - Children learn skills by working on hobbies.\nChildren need to have a hobby.\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Scientists will put some robot fish into the sea near Spain this year. These robot fish will help people find out the pollution in the water. If the robot fish are able to finish their work successfully, the team of scientists hopes the fish will be used in rivers, lakes and seas around the world. The robot fish are about 1.5 meters long. There is a detector in their bodies. It can find the pollution in the water, and then the robot fish will eat part of it. They can \"swim\" for eight hours in the sea freely and send back information to people on the beach. After their energy runs down, they will go back to the beach by themselves. There are five robot fish altogether. Each costs about 29,000 dollars. They are part of a three-year project between engineering company BMT Group and Essex University in southeastern England. ,. (2,10) Question: What will the robot fish do if they swim in the water? - They will eat part of the trash. - They will stop working. - They will tell people where it is. - They will take it out to the beach.\nThey will eat part of the trash.\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: I like watching TV very much, for I think it has many advantages . First of all, watching TV is a good rest(;). After a day of hard work, we need a good rest. Watching TV can make our mind and body not tired any more because of the pleasant music and TV plays. Besides , watching TV is entertaining . There are many kinds of entertainment, such as sports activities, singing and dancing, plays and films all over the world at every time. It's not possible for us to go to every place to enjoy all the activities within a short time. We need at least over ten hours to fly from New York to Paris, a week by train from Beijing to Moscow and an hour to drive from Queens District to Manhattan District.)But within just one second, TV can bring us from an NBA game in New York to a fashion show in Paris by changing the channels . Most importantly, watching TV is educational. Our children can learn every kind of subjects through the educational programs and the special reports on TV, and it's easy for them to learn Chinese from a Chinese teacher in Beijing and to learn Russian lessons from a Russian teacher in Moscow. At the same time, a teacher can teach quite a lot of students without a large classroom. Question: According to the writer what is the most important reason for watching TV? - We can learn something useful. - Watching TV is a good rest. - We can see whatever we like. - We can enjoy ourselves.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "We can learn something useful.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I was at a dance club when I was nineteen. One day my new friend walked with me to my car. It was a very cold night. As we were walking to my car, a man walked up to us. Behind him was a woman pushing _ with a child inside who was about 2 years old. The child had only a jacket on and it wasn'tzipped . The man began to tell us he wanted to borrow some money for the night and that he had a job but no place to live and was waiting for his first paycheck. He confirmed he could get our mailing address and mail the money back to us. The guy I was with reached into his pocket to give this man a $20 bill. As the man was extending his hand out to take the money, I put my hand on my new friend's hand and said, \"Can I talk to you for a minute?\" I told him some people earned money by begging and that they always cheated those with soft hearts. And if they were truly worried about their child being out in the cold, they would have at least zipped his jacket. My friend looked at me with disapproval and said, \"Michael, I know there are some people out there that take advantage of others. I also know some people out there that are one paycheck away from being homeless. If I gave $20 to 10 people and only one of them really needed it and used it for the right thing, it was worth it.\" I am now thirty-seven years old and have never forgotten what he said to me. I don't even remember his name now. But I do remember that this experience changed my perspective . Question: We can infer the author could learn from the experience that _ . Options: A: one should be very kind to everyone B: anybody has a time when he needs help C: one should do whatever is worthy actively D: one should keep away from those poor\nC\n\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: After studying the daily habits of 177 self-made millionaires over the course of five years, Thomas C. Corley found that they avoid one costly habit: procrastination . \"It prevents even the most talented individuals from realizing success in life,\" he writes in his upcoming book, \"Change Your Habits, Change Your Life.\" This goes hand-in-hand with author Napoleon Hill's claim that the wealthiest people are also the most decisive people. Out of the 500 millionaires Hill studied in the early 20thcentury, \"Every one of them had the habit of reaching decisions quickly,\" Hill wrote in his 1937 classic, \"Think and Grow Rich.\" One of the major causes of procrastination is lack of passion, Corley emphasizes: \"We simply like to do the things we like to do and we put off the things we do not like to do.\" \"According to Gallup, only 13% of employees are 'engaged' in their jobs, or emotionally invested in their work,\" Corley writes. \"Whether you realize it or not, procrastination is a big reason why you are struggling financially in life. It damages your credibility with employers and fellow colleagues at work. It also affects the quality of your work and this affects the business you or your employer receive from customers, clients, and business relationships.\" The good news is that anyone can overcome procrastination -- and it's simpler than you may think. He also notes that \"the voice of procrastination screams just as loud and clear in the minds of those who _ in life as it does in the minds of those who do not.\" How do they silence it? They rely on \"to-do\" lists to get things done. They create firm deadlines, and they meet with \"accountability partners\" to ensure they're sticking to their goals and deadlines, Corley says. Nearly everyone is susceptible to procrastination -- but fighting against it can make all the difference. Question: What can people do to overcome procrastination? Options: A: Do whatever they like to do. B: Avoid things they are unwilling to do. C: Be fully prepared for emergencies. D: Accomplish things on schedule.\nD\n\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: I decided a few months ago that I was going to treat myself to a 4-day getaway from Los Angeles and visit Chicago. I got a free airplane ticket, but had to pay the hotel in cash, which I really couldn't afford. I found a travel website where a discounted 3-night stay was purchased from a recently opened hotel. About three weeks before the trip, I had to regretfully cancel and only then realized the room, while transferable to another person, couldn't be changed to a later date and wasn't refundable. For the next two weeks I tried selling it on Craig's list with no success. Five days before the \"big weekend\", I gave up trying to get any money back and decided I'd contact some acquaintances who live in Chicago and offer someone a free \"staycation\". After trying a handful of people all of whom already had their own plans, I was determined to have the room not go to waste. That's when it suddenly occurred to me that I was looking at the rooms in the wrong way. Instead of viewing them for vacation purposes, surely there must be a way to put them to good use, and that was when the idea that some sort of shelter might be able to use it. I eventually found one whose focus is aiding victims of domestic violence. This particular one was willing to listen to my out-of-left-field story and made it easier to transfer the rooms. The shelter was working with a desperate woman and her daughter, who were fortunately able to make use of the room. I was later told by the shelter \" _ \". Question: What happened to his plan three weeks before the trip? Options: A: The room reservation was canceled. B: The author couldn't make the trip. C: The hotel was no longer available. D: The author regretted making the plan.\nB\n\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: In 2002, the Beijing Municipal government led the nation in issuing an order banning electric bicycles from January 1, 2006. Since then a number of local governments have followed this. In May, the Legislature of Zhuhai in South China's prefix = st1 /GuangdongProvincebecame the first law-making body in the country to pass a regulation to keep electric bicycles off the roads. They claim environmental disadvantage and concerns over public safety justify their ban. Local government officials and law makers have argued their leading concern is the threat of pollution from spent lead-acid batteries. The ly high speed of electric bicycles --- faster than most common bikes at about 20 kilometers per hour --- is just too dangerous in the eyes of some policy-makers. They also mention interference with automobiles, common bikes and passers-by that results in accidents or slowed traffic. But none of these arguments justify the ban. In the first place, it should be made clear that while operating, the battery driving an electric bike sends out almost no polluting gas. They are much cleaner than cars. If the batteries, which can be used for one or two years, are thrown away without proper treatment or recycling, environmental damage is highly likely. It is required that electric bike producers and store sellers sign recycling contracts to ensure consumers can sell used batteries back to producers. In practice, some small producers neglect their recycling responsibility, causing concern for environmental pollution. It is clear the authorities can solve the problem through strengthening management. Although it will require some extra efforts from the government, it does not go beyond government officials' call of duty. Regarding the speed, there are technical standards governing the production of electric bikes. According to the standards, the designed speed should be limited to a maximum of 20 kilometers per hour. This is slower than the top speed of some mountain bikes. To _ the consumer desire for... Question: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? Options: A: Beijing will be the first city in Chinato ban electric bicycles starting this year. B: Zhuhai rather than Beijingis the first to make law to forbidden the use of electric bicycle. C: More than one local government has decided to ban the use of electric bicycles. D: Shanghaiis not one of the cities, which have determined to ban electric bicycles.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: One day, I heard an American boy said to a Chinese girl student, \"You speak very good English. \" But the girl answered, \" No, no. My English is very poor. \" The foreigner was quite surprised at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, \" Yes, indeed, you speak very well. \" But the girl still kept saying, \"No. \" In the end, the American boy could not understand and didn't know what to say. What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't accept a compliment in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, \"Thank you\" instead of \"No\". She really understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, \"Thank you.\" In our country, we think being modest is a virtue and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not mean being proud, so sometimes you should be confident instead of being modest. If you are modest and say, \"No, I'm afraid I can't do it well\", while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say, \"No\", you will certainly be _ by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like''Yes,I can certainly do it\"instead of \"let me have a try\",he or she will expect to get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence. Question: If you say,\"I can do it well.\"when asking for a job in the west,the others may think that _ . Options: A: You can do it well. B: You can't do it well. C: You like doing it. D: You don't like doing it.\nA\n(Question)\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: What do you usually do after class? When class is over, most students in my class go out of the classroom. We have twenty minutes' rest between classes. Look! Most of us are playing during (......)the rest time. Some students are on the playground. They are having a basketball match. Oh! A boy is running with a ball, and another is trying to stop him. They are so cool. And there are some girls watching the match. Some students are still in the classroom. They are talking. A few of them are reading and doing homework. Look! A girl is looking at the birds in a tree in front of the classroom. She must be thinking of something interesting because she is smiling. What are the teachers doing? Do you know? Some of them are doing work in the office, and some are talking with students. Everyone is busy with his or her things, busy and happy! Question: The teachers are _ . Options: A: having a basketball match B: doing work or talking with students C: reading newspapers D: playing with the students\n(Answer)\nB\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Will it matter if you don't have your breakfast? There were a test in the US. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, took the test. During the test, these people got all kinds of breakfasts and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well they worked after they ate different kinds of breakfasts. The result shows that if a person eats a right breakfast , he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class. The result is different from what some people think. It shows having no breakfast will not help them lose weight. This is because they become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. In fact, they will gain weight. But they will lose more weight if they _ other meals. Question: During the test, people got _ Options: A: no breakfast at all B: different breakfasts or sometimes none C: very good breakfasts D: little food for breakfast\nAns: B\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Starting a new school term is always exciting. It is a chance to see your friends again. But most exciting of all, the new term is a chance to take up new hobbies. It is common in Britain for students to take up new hobbies after the Christmas holidays. Deciding to start something new is a common New Year plan. Most schools provide different kinds of hobby classes. Students take them in their free periods or after school. Some classes you have to pay for and others are free. For example, I once took a free Wednesday evening gymnastics class in my school. But when I learnt how to play the drum my parents had to pay for the lessons. The most popular hobby classes at my school were piano lessons and drama club. Both classes offered exams students could take. Students with many hobbies sometimes felt more stressed than those without any. But the students with hobbies left school with some more skills. I haven't continued any of the hobbies I began at school. But I have never regretted(, ) taking them. My best friend today is someone I met in my gymnastics class. Question: The most popular hobby classes in the writer's school are _ . Options: A: gymnastics and playing the drum B: drama club and piano lessons C: drama club and playing the drum D: gymnastics and piano lessons\n(A).\nB\nQues:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Here is a dog with a lantern in his mouth, he is looking for his master . Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights. So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily as any boy could have done. Carlo never trotted too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps. When he came to a deep rut or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say, /Take care, there is a hole here. \" The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take. But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark ; as much as to say, 6/Here am I, Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? \" Someone would perhaps come to the door and sa 6/Your master is not here. \" Carlo would growl , seemed to say, \"Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. \" He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together. Question: The best title for the story is _ . Options: A: A dog and his master B: The dog with the lantern C: How a dog guide his master's step D: How a dog found his master\n\nAns:B\nQues:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Jack is having a great and relaxing summer.He is visiting his grandmother in Florida .The weather is hot and sunny.He is staying at his grandmother's home.It's very nice and near the beach.He goes to the beach with friends every day.They play volleyball there a lot.He watches TV or reads books in the evening.He is reading an interesting story-book now.The stories are really scary.His grandmother is making dinner now.She wants Jack to help her. Question: What's the weather like in Florida? Options: A: It's hot and rainy. B: It's hot and sunny. C: It's rainy. D: It's sunny.\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Would you completely trust your friends if you couldn't see anything? If you are falling, do you believe they will catch you and help you stand up? Our teacher helped us to find the answer. Our teacher is named Morrie. One day, he said that he had a game for us to try. He divided us into two groups. One of the students from the first group, stands in front of us with his eyes closed, and then falls backwards . The second group stand behind him. Before he falls on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us were uncomfortable with this. We were afraid that they wouldn't catch us and we would hit the floor. So we didn't move. We just stood there and laughed in embarrassment . Finally, one student, thin, quiet, dark-haired girl called Sarah, decided to move. She crossed her arms in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. She looked quiet but brave. For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor. But before she hit the floor, the other students caught her, held her and finally helped her stand up. \"Whoa!!\" we were all surprised, and also encouraged. The girl was happy, too. Seeing this, Morrie smiled and said to the girl, \"When you close your eyes, you can't see anything. You won't feel safe. When you are falling, the feeling gets stronger. You are not sure whether you will hit the cold, hard floor or the warm, soft hands of your friends. But if you are brave enough to trust them, they won't let you down.\"\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: In the end, the girl _ .Options:A got hurtB fell on the floorC was only helped by the writerD was caught by the other studentsAnswer:D\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: I'm Larry. I'm really good at selling things. I also love helping people. But I'm not so good at solving problems. I think I'd like to be a salesman or detective . I'm Anita. I really like doing things with my hands. I also enjoy working with wood. I don't enjoy working in the same place every day, and I hate being in noisy places. I think I'd like to be a factory worker or a carpenter . I'm Jill. I'm good at explaining things and I really like children. I can't stand working long hours. I think I'd like to be a doctor or a teacher. I'm Maria. I'm really interested in meeting people, and I enjoy wearing different clothes every day. I'm not so good at organizing my time and I can't stand computers. I am going to be a model. I'm Jim. I enjoy helping people, but I can't stand working nights and weekends. I want to be a nurse or a social worker.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: Maria likes _ .Options:A meeting peopleB wearing different clothesC working nights and weekends.D A and BAnswer:D\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Hello, boys and girls. I have a photo. Let's have a look at it. This is me. My name is Jack. I'm in No.1 Middle School. This is my mother. She is a Chinese teacher. And this is my father. He is tall and strong. He is an English teacher. My mother and my father are not in my school. Look at the girl. She is my sister, Mary. She is clever. Mary has a dog. It's Spotty. Spotty is my good friend too. All of us are very happy.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: Jack's father is _ .Options:A shortB thinC cleverD tallAnswer:D\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time. Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court was not very large. Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: When a student _ , he makes a score.Options:A receives the ball.B throws the ball to another studentC runs quickly with the ball in his handD throws the ball into the basketAnswer:D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: One morning, the students of Class Three, Grade One are having an English lesson. Mr. Zhang finds Li Lei doesn't listen to him. He goes to Li Lei and has a look. Oh, Li Lei is drawing a boy. The teacher asks Li Lei to stand up. \"Do you like drawing?\" \"Yes, Mr. Zhang,\" answers Li Lei. \"And I draw very well.\" \"You can draw after class, I think,\" says the teacher. \" _ .\" \"You are wrong, Mr. Zhang. I can draw when I have an Art class. And I like it very much,\" says Li Lei with a smile. \"You are right. And you must draw one hundred boys before the class is over,\" says the teacher angrily. After five minutes, Li Lei finishes drawing and puts up his hand. The teacher looks at the picture and asks, \"I ask you to draw one hundred boys. But you draw only two. One is standing at the door and the other is standing in front of the window. Where are the others?\" \"The others are sitting in the classroom. You can't see them,\" answers Li Lei. Question: How many boys does Li Lei draw? Options: A: Two. B: Ten. C: One. D: One hundred.\nA\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Miss Liu is an English teacher. She is very young. She works very well and the students all like her. There are twenty-six boys and twenty-four girls in her class. Now some of them are playing on the playground. Jim and Bill are jumping. Sam and Mike are running. Lucy and Simon are singing. The other girls are playing games with their teacher. They're happy. Question: The students are _ . Options: A: at work B: at home C: all happy D: in the classroom\n(Answer)\nC\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Darling Kelli, I'm so sorry I will not get to see you grow up as I so want to. Please don't blame people or the world for this. A lot of life is simply luck and mine is running out. I wish I had the words to make you feel better. I wish you didn't have to see me in pain as you often do now. I wish so many things were different but they are not. But while your old dad is still around, I thought I'd try to give you some life advice in one go. I hope it gives you some comfort. I hope cancer never returns so that your life is long, fulfilled and happy. Everyone will say it's of great importance to work hard at school. I hope you'll always do your best. I did well at school but did it do me much good in life? Not really. Schoolwork is important, but make sure you have fun too. You and your mom will argue at times, especially when you're a teenager. Please remember she loves you and wants the best for you. Give Mommy a hug when she is feeling sad. When you're a teenager you might think your friends are right and your mom is wrong. But she has to make hard decisions for you. Treat her well. You'll have boyfriends when you're older, so here's some advice. It's very hard to describe how it feels to really be in love. You might remember seeing your mom and I laughing together and cuddling on the sofa, and once the love hearts and flowers fade that's what real love looks like. Have fun finding it. Most important of all: Your laugh takes over your whole body. I hope you never lose that. There is no point in asking you not to be sad when I go. I know you will be, princess. And I wish I could be there to hug you until you smile again. And finally, thank you for being you, Kelli. Enjoy your life. Don't rush through it. All my love, always, goes to you, princess. Question: The father feels sorry because _ . Options: A: he is badly ill and in pain B: he argues with his wife at times C: he won't get to see his daughter grow up D: his daughter is not willing to take his advice\nAns: C\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: When I was in primary school, I got into a big argument with a boy in my class. I forgot what the argument was about, but I will never forget the lesson I learned that day. I thought that I was right and he was wrong - and he thought that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. In the middle of her desk was a large, round ball. I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the ball was. \"White,\" he answered.uShe brought us to the front of the class and asked him to stand on one side of her desk and me on the other. I couldn't believe he said the ball was white, when it was obviously black! Another argument started between us, this time about the color of the ball. The teacher told us to change places and then asked me what color the ball was. I answered: \"White.\" It was a ball with two differently colored sides, and from his side it was white. Only from my side it was black. Sometimes we need to look at problems from the other person's view in order to truly understand his or her perspective . Question: When in the boy's place, the writer changed her answer because _ . Options: A: the boy changed his answer too B: the ball had two differently colored sides C: she wanted to say sorry to the boy D: the teacher said the boy was right\n(A).\nB\n\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food. No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared , life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big. Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why? Question: When factories were built, _ . Options: A: more people live near the factories B: people began to live in the factories C: many people began to work in villages D: many machines appeared in big factories\n\nAns:A\n\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The students were having their Chemistry class. Miss Hua was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, \"What's water?\" No one spoke for a few minutes.Miss Hua asked again,\"Why don't you answer my question?Didn't I tell you what water is like?\" Just then a boy put up his hand and said, \"Miss Hua, you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where to find such kind of water?The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell. \"Most of the children agreed with him. \"I'm sorry, children.\"said the teacher,\"Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a problem. Question: The water in the river has a bad smell because it is getting _ . Options: A: more and more B: less and less C: cleaner and cleaner D: dirtier and dirtier\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Everyone has two personalities -- one is showed to the world and the other is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control yourself, but when you're asleep, your sleeping _ shows the real you. And the important position that best shows your secret personality is when you go to sleep. If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You usually believe people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don't like to make people unhappy, so you never show your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident . If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you're always easy to be sad. You never want to change your ideas, and you are pleased with your life. You usually live for today not for tomorrow. If you sleep on curled up ,you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often don't want to be hurt, so you are very defensive . You're shy and you don't like meeting people. You like to be alone. If you sleep on your side, you usually have a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don't often get unhappy. You always say out what you think, even if it sometimes makes people angry. Question: You may find the passage in _ . - a science magazine - a comic book - a sports newspaper - a story book\n(Answer)\na science magazine\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: I hid the long black bag in the garage two days ago. Tonight, in the dark, I would finally take it away. If everything went OK, it would be done by morning. But I had to be sure no one, not even my wife, saw me. It was more difficult to get away from the party than I expected. I said that the children were tired and needed to get to bed. It was partly true. But the main reason for leaving was that I wanted to complete my plan. First I had to get the kids to sleep. That was never easy at any time and tonight it was even more difficult. The eldest one wanted to know why we left the party early. I told him 10:30 pm was not early. As usual, I read them a bed time story, but I had to stop myself reading too quickly or _ would learn my secret. Silence finally came, and feeling like a thief in the night, I went out of the house and into the garage. Taking one end, I pulled the bag out from its hiding place and took it into the garden. I was worried that my neighbours might see me and call the police. It was already eleven o'clock. By the light of the moon I started working, trying to make as little noise as possible. And that was not easy with a saw and a hammer . After much hard work, I finally completed my work. I looked down at my watch. It was exactly 4:00 am. Then I went inside to have a shower and get a few hours of sleep. It wouldn't be long now before the kids would rush into my room and wake me up to tell me about the new tree-house Father Christmas brought them this year. Question: How would the children feel when they saw the man's work? - Interested. - Excited. - Tired. - Angry.\n(Answer)\nExcited.\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: The story happens on an island called Berk. Hiccup, a Viking teenager, lives with his tribe on the island. The Vikings are strong and good sailors . They often go on adventures . Fighting dragons is one of their traditions. Hiccup's father, Stoick the Vast, is the leader of the island. He hopes his son will become as strong as him and be the leader one day. But it does not seem to go well for him. Hiccup is nothing like his father. He is weak. People say he is not suitable to be the future leader. But Hiccup is smart and has a great sense of humor. Now Hiccup and other Viking teens are in Dragon Training. Hiccup will have to show others that he has what it takes to be a fighter. One day Hiccup hits a dragon with a stone cannon . He finds the hurt dragon named Toothless. Hiccup sets Toothless free and the two became friends. But his new friendship goes against the village's tradition. He has to stop others from killing the dragon! Will Hiccup be able to save his friend? What difficulties will he have to face? Go to see How to Train Your Dragon, a Hollywood 3D cartoon film. You'll find the answer. The film comes out on March 26. Question: Where can we probably find the passage? - in a film magazine. - in a science book. - in a story book. - in a travel guide book.\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "in a film magazine.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The booking notes of the play The Age of Innocence: Price:$10 BOOKING There are four easy ways to book seats for performance: --in person The Box Office is open from Monday to Saturday,10 a.m.--8 p.m. --by telephone Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card(Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted) --by post Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office. --on line Complete the on-line booking form at www. Satan-fiedtheatre.com DISCOUNTS: Saver: $ 2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students. Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show. Standby: best available seats are on sale for $ 6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible (suitable) for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers. Group Bookings: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more. School: school parties of ten or more can book $6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free. Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. Options: A it is advisable to book tickets in advance B the audience can't refund money if the performance is on show C a group of 13 persons can get a 10 percent discount D a school party of 15 students should pay $90 for the standby tickets Answer: D a school party of 15 students should pay $90 for the standby tickets Question:\n----\nAnswer: From the passage we can know all the following information except that _ .\n\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Most magazines, whether online or print, will include book reviews. However, most editors and staff writers are usually too busy to read books and review them themselves. Therefore, writing book reviews can be a great way to get started with a writing career. How do you write a great book review that will be sure to be noticed? Follow these tips to write a really interesting and unique book review. Start with a description of the book. Many people that are reading your review may not know anything about the book you're reviewing. Instead of making readers go find information on their own by searching for the book title, start out with a little description of the book. Make sure you avoid too long of a summary. Start with a short paragraph or so that hits all the major points but doesn't give too much away. You don't want to tell your readers everything about the book, because then they won't have to read it at all. Just give enough information so your readers are interested in reading the book. Be objective. Some magazines like to publish book reviews that are completely impersonal. This means that they want a review of the book that doesn't share your opinion and that in which your opinion isn't obvious from reading what you wrote. If you hated a book, it might not be a great book to review. You probably want to review books that you enjoyed. Avoid talking about how much you liked the book, however. You should not include your personal reaction to the book until the very end, where you include a sentence or two about whether or not you would recommend a book and to whom you would recommend it. Look through a lens . A great way to get your review noticed is to look at a book through a specific lens. Read the book as a feminist would, for example, and talk about what a feminist might say to applaud or criticize the book. You can choose any number of lenses, and feminism is just one choice. An economic lens, a family lens, the lens of a different nationality, or the lens of a child could all be interesting ways... Options: A To offer tips on writing book reviews. B To give advice on reading books. C To introduce writing styles. D To comment on a book. Answer: A To offer tips on writing book reviews. Question:\nA: For what purpose is the passage written?\n\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Good afternoon,and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today,I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws. The first one is about drinking. Now,you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age,nor may your friends buy it for you. Secondly,noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means,but please don't make unnecessary noise,particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet. Thirdly,crossing the road. Be careful!The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings and do not take any chances when crossing the road. My next point is about litter (throwing away waste material in a public place).It is an offence to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away,please put it in your pocket and take it home,or put it in a litter bin. Finally,as regards something,it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age. I'd like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance,you should _ your local police station,who will be pleased to help you. Now,are there any questions? Options: A prepare people for international travel B declare the laws of different kinds C inform people of the punishment for breaking laws D give advice to travelers to the country Answer: D give advice to travelers to the country Question:\nAnswer: The main purpose of this speech would be to _ .\n\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Being able to multitask--doing several things at the same time--is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again. What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask. Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they cat at the family table. Multitasking also affects young people's performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinion of the effect of modern gadgets on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response . However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work. Options: A providing typical examples B following the natural time order C comparing opinions from different fields D presenting a cause and analyzing its effects Answer: D presenting a cause and analyzing its effects Question:\n----\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The author develops the passage mainly by _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mary was a 911 operator in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said, \"Mom is ill, Mom is ill\", again and again. Mary hurried to find the address of the call. She called the police. In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open, and they couldn't believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk! She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother's hand. Tears were running down her face. The doctor gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people , \"Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. One Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911.\" \"It's the first time I've seen a two-year-old child call 911.\" Question: What did Mary do every day? _ Options: A: She answered the telephone calls. B: She talked with the policemen and the doctors. C: She played with the children. D: She dealt with emergencies .\nD\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: The days are getting shorter and shorter, and temperatures are dropping. Winter is coming and it is easy for people to catch flu. Many people have started taking vitamin C pills as a precautionary way. But a research has shown that vitamin C pills do not provide as much protection as they think. They are even not as good as other ways, like often washing your hands. Some German scientists have given people information and a test on the subject helping to stop incorrect ways. Whether it is caused by cold or flu , a runny nose and sore throat are signs of catching a cold. Many people overestimate the advantages of vitamin C and other pills. For years it was believed that taking vitamin C pills not only provided protection against colds but also against cancers, helping people to live longer. But the result of the research showed disagreement on these beliefs . The result has now come out on the website wwww.informedhealthonline.org. \"Some pills may not help people live longer. Some pills may even lead to earlier death,\" says Professor Peter Sawicki. Scientists also say that the best way to get vitamins is through food instead of having vitamin pills. That is to say, we disagree with the way of taking vitamin C pills. There are many simple but useful ways to lower the risk of catching a cold. These include often washing your hands with normal soap and water and not touching your face with your hands. People who have already had a cold can stop it from spreading by throwing away tissues at once after using them and not shaking hands with other people. Question: A runny nose and sore throat mean someone _ . Options: A: will catch a cold in a few days B: would never catch a cold C: has caught a cold D: would never spread colds to others\nC\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It is in autumn . A young man comes to a forest . He's walking beside the forest. On his right is a river. On his left is the forest. Suddenly he sees two green eyes looking at him from the trees. A tiger is getting ready to jump on him. What does he do? He must jump into the river. But in the river there is a big crocodile . Its mouth is very big. The young man closes his eyes. The tiger jumps over him. And the young man opens his eyes. The tiger jumps over him. And the young man opens his eyes. The tiger is now in the mouth of the crocodile. Question: Where is he walking? _ . Options: A: Near the river B: Beside a forest C: By the river D: Be the lake\nA: B\nQuestion: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Today, we'll visit a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place is, its name provides evidence of very real danger. We are exploring Death Valley National Park . Death Valley is a huge place. It extends more than 225 kilometers across the southern part of California into the neighboring state of Nevada. Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous desert and mountains. There are mountains that reach more than 3,000 meters into the sky. Much of Death Valley is flat and dry. In some areas the ground is nothing but salt. Nothing is able to grow in this salty ground. However, it would be wrong to think that nothing lives in Death Valley. The valley is full of life. Wildflowers grow very quickly after even a small amount of rain. Several kinds of birds live in Death Valley, as do mammals and reptiles. Many different snakes live there too. The area got its name in 1849. That was the year after gold was discovered in California. Thousands of people from around the country traveled to the gold mining areas of the state. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did. One group trying to reach California decided to take a path called the Old Spanish Trail. By December they had reached Death Valley. But there was a lack of water and there were too few plants for their work animals to eat. The people could not find a pass through the tall mountains to the west of the valley. Slowly, they began to suffer from a lack of food. To survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the valley. As they left, a woman in the group looked back and said, \"Goodbye, death valley.\" The name has never been changed. Death Valley became a national park in 1994. More than one million people visit the park each year. Question: Which of the following statements is NOT right? Options: A: Death Valley extends from California to Nevada. B: Wildlife can live in Death Valley. C: Gold was discovered in California after Death Valley got its name. D: Death Valley didn't become a national park until 1994.\nAnswer: C\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: This month inTravelersCorner there are three teenagers' experiences in year-abroad programmes. Mariko Okada - Tokyo My year abroad in the United States was a fantastic experience. I'm not a shy person, and I was very comfortable speaking to everyone. So I got lots of speaking practice. I also learned many English songs and lots of interesting things about American culture. When I got home, my friends all said that I had improved so much! I hope to go back again in the future. Carla Fonseca - Rio de Janeiro I spent last year studying English in London. I'm from a small town, and London is a very big city. Sometimes I felt it was too big. There were so many people to talk to, but I always felt bad about my English. I missed my family, and I really missed my two cats. My roommate was always using our telephone, so I hardly had the chance for a nice long talk with my parents. I think it was a good experience for me, but I'm glad to be home! Alvin Chen - Hong Kong Studying in New Zealand was a fun experience for me, but it was also lots of hard work! I had English classes six hours a day, five days a week----with lots of homework. I also kept a diary of my experience. I like to write, and I wrote two or three pages in my diary every day. On Saturdays, my homestay family took me to lots of interesting places and showed me so many wonderful things about the culture. I'm really glad I went. Question: This article is most probably taken from _ . Options: A: an advertisement B: a textbook C: a travel magazine D: a news website\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nIn the famous fairy tale, Snow White eats the Queen's apple and falls victim to a curse; in Shakespeare's novel, Romeo drinks the poison and dies; some ancient Chinese kings took pills that contained mercury, believing that it would make them _ , but they died afterwards. Poison has long been an important part in literature and history, and it seems to always be about evil, danger and death. But how much do you really know about poison? An exhibition, The Power of Poison, opened last month at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, intended to give the audience a more vivid understanding of poison. The exhibition will continue until Feb. 2016, reported The New York Times. The museum tour starts in a rainforest setting, where you can see live examples of some of the most poisonous animals: caterpillars, frogs and spiders. Golden poison frogs, for instance, aren't much bigger than a coin, but their skin is covered in a poison that can cut off the signaling power of your nerves, and a single frog has enough venom to kill 10 grown humans. The exhibition also features interactive activities. In an iPad-based game, visitors are presented with three puzzling illnesses and asked to identify the poisons based on symptoms. In one case, for example, a pet dog is found sick in a backyard and visitors have to figure out whether it was the toad , the leaky batteries in the trash or the dirty pond water that did it. \"Poisons can be bad for some things,\" Michael Novacek, senior vice president of the museum, told NBC News. \"Yet they can also be good for others.\" This is what visitors learn from the last part of the exhibition, which displays how poisons can be used favorably by humans, including for medical treatment. The blood toxins of vampire bats, for example, can prevent blood from clotting , which may protect against strokes. A poisonous chemical found in the yew tree is effective against cancer, which is what led to the invention of a cancer-fighting drug called Taxol. One chemical in the venom of Gila... What is the main purpose of the exhibition The Power of Poison? A) To give people more knowledge about poison. B) To teach people how to handle poisonous animals. C) To inform people about which animals are the most poisonous. D) To show how poison has been used for medical treatment.\n(Answer)\nA\n\n\n(Question)\nI was very sympathetic with world leaders burdened with resolving conflicts between nations. When my three children were young, in most days it was hard to keep my house from becoming a war zone. It got worse as they grew older. Three years ago, Zack, then 16, couldn't make it through a day without playing tricks on his sisters, Alex and Taryn, then 11 and 9. My husband and I tried to understand his adolescent moodiness. We begged, reasoned, punished, and left heartfelt notes on his bed about how his behavior was hurting our family. His response was a shrug and \"I say it because it's true\". I even tried telling the girls to fight back. But it was a bad idea. Now I had three kids at war. At wit's end, I poured my heart out to my sister in an e-mail. She wrote back, \"Don't e-mail me. E-mail him.\" Our son was online every day, mailing and instantly messaging his friends. So what if I was within shouting distance? Maybe he would actually hear me this way. There'd be no yelling or door slamming . Zack wouldn't feel under attack. And with a few simple keystrokes, he could respond. Or not. Zack didn't reply for days. When he finally did, his entire message was four words. I expected the worst, but then smiled when I read them, \"You are right. I'm sorry.\" The kids still fought, of course, but Zack scaled back the abuse . Best of all, I now have an effective way to communicate with not one but three easily annoyed teens. They don't tune me out as much. They don't like to listen to me nag .Or as Alex says, \"You're so much nicer online.\" All I know is that the house is quiet, and we're talking. In fact, Taryn just instantly messaged me from upstairs. It's time to take her to softball practice. By the first sentence of the passage, the author really means to be _ . A) humourous B) sympathetic C) serious D) inspiring\n(Answer)\nA\n\n\n(Question)\nHere are some famous romantic places in the world that you can't miss. Paris The ranking for the \"most romantic city\" quite rightly leads to Paris. The city of light has long been famous as a city of love. This is definitely the best place for love, wine and food. Paris is rich with history; you can take a walk through the Louvre, go to a cafe across the Champs Elysees, have dinner at the Eiffel Tower or visit the Palace of Versailles. Venice Undoubtedly, Venice is the most romantic city of Italy. From the amazing architecture of San Marco Square to the gondolas there, Venice talks about love, romance and passion. The best time to visit Venice is during the annual carnival . A gondola trip through the most magical city in Europe remains unforgettable for everyone. Vienna Vienna may well be called the cradle of European culture. The baroque architecture, the historic city opera and typical restaurants create a romantic mood and memorable atmosphere. During the ball season in Vienna, one can enjoy the city's past, the masked waltz and romance. Prague Prague is called the heart of Europe. The city, dating from the 9thcentury, is indeed a real architectural wonder. Prague's famous castle is the largest ancient castle in the world, built early in 1257. For a more romantic experience, take your loved ones to the top of the 60-foot observatory and watch the slow sunset over Prague. Maldives There are quiet islands, warm, clear water with excellent visibility, a huge amount of reefs and an incredible diversity of marine life. The Maldives is the place to shoot all those beautiful postcard pictures of couples on a desert beach. Most islands are not more than 1 km in area, with makes them particularly suitable for privacy, honeymoons and love. In Vienna, visitors can _ . A) go to the annual carnival. B) admire the typical French architecture. C) see the waltz in the ball season. D) take beautiful pictures of reefs.\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: We all know the dangers of fires. It's good and necessary for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are some suggestions. Put a smoke alarm in the house. Smoke from a fire causes the alarm to go off. The alarm makes a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the house at once. Make escape plans. We should know all the ways out of the house. If there is a fire, everyone follows the plan to get out. Part of the plan is to check all the windows to make sure they can be opened easily. Buy fire extinguishers in the house. Everyone in the family should know how to use them. Practise for a fire. We do fire practice because we teach children about fire safety. Everyone in the family should know the following fire rules: Don't open a hot door! The fire can grow more quickly if you open the door. Stay close to the floor! Smoke can be more dangerous than fire. The best air is near the floor because smoke rises. What will you do if your hair or clothes start to burn? First, stop! Don't run! The fire burns faster because of more air. Drop! Fall to the floor. Then roll! Turning over and over will make the fire go out. Put a blanket around you to keep air away from the fire that may still be on you. There are many possible causes for fires. A wise family is ready all the time. If there is a fire, don't forget to call 119 for help. ,. Question: When a fire happens, _ if you open the hot door. Yes or no, is the answer \"the fire will grow more quickly\"?\nNo\n\nArticle: Mrs Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary . Mary is her daughter . Mary will be thirteen years old . A lot of Mary's friends are going to the party . There are going to be twenty girls at the party . Mrs Green are getting ready for the party . Mrs White is helping her . \" That's a pretty ( ) cake , \" Mrs White says to Mrs Green . \" Thank you very much .\" Mrs Green is going shopping now . She's buying fruit for the party . She buys a lot of oranges ,apples and bananas . Then she goes home . It's three o'clock in the afternoon . Everything is ready . Now the first girl is arriving . The party is going to start . Question: Who is going to give a party for Mary ? Yes or no, is the answer \"Mrs Green\"?\nYes\n\nQ: Article: I don't want to brag , OK, maybe I do want to a little. I have two very smart daughters. My oldest is 7 and she is one of the best students in her second grade class and my youngest, who is 2, is learning new things every day. When it comes to their cleverness, I believe this is because they love reading. When my wife and I first became parents, we were told by a number of people that the best thing we could do for our kids was to encourage them to read. However, with things like television and video games out there, we found it was sometimes hard to make books seem more interesting. But, we succeeded with both of them by doing a few different things. One of the first things we did was reading to them. My youngest daughter can't read books herself yet. But, I also take the time to read to my oldest daughter, too. Not only is this a great way to _ and make them like you, it also introduces them to a world that they might not realize. One thing I recommend is making sure you plan first so you have plenty of time to read more than one book if they want it. This allows you to read their favorite stories while mixing in something new, too. Another thing I started doing with my oldest daughter is having her read to her younger sister. This makes her practice reading out loud something she gets to do at school and loves to and I've noticed my 2-year-old seems to pay closer attention to the stories for some reason. The second thing we do with our kids is we challenge them to read outside their level. I have given my oldest daughter books that are a little more complicated . I do this so she doesn't get bored with \"kids\" books. For example, the other day, I had her try to read a Sherlock Holmes story. It was a bit hard. But, she understood it enough and she wanted to read it again with my help. I also encourage her to read newspapers and magazines. I do the same thing when I read to my youngest daughter and will sometimes borrow one of her sister's books. So far, she's still paying attention when I read them. Third,... Question: Why does the writer let his oldest daughter read a Sherlock Holmes story? Yes or no, is the answer \"The writer wants his daughter not to lose her interest in reading.\"?\nA: No\n\n*Question*\nArticle: Hunter and Nina are husband and wife. They get up at about 4:50 in the morning. When many people are still sleeping in their warm beds, they are working. They work outside and clean something. They don't work when it is raining. They also work on weekends Her name is Sara. She sometimes goes to work in the morning, and sometimes goes to work at night When she is onduty. She works in a big building. There are many sick people in it. She wears a white hat and a white dress. She says, \"I help doctors. I meet many people every day. I look after them. They need my help. That's my job. It's hard, but I like it.\" Her name is Ann. She goes to work by bus every day. She works in a building. It opens at 8. a.m and closes at6.p.m.. There is a lot of good food, nice drinks and other things when she works. Children like to go there. She meets a lot of people every day. She often says, \"Can I help you?\" when she meets people. She says, \"My work is not easy. I must stand all day and be friendly to everyone. He is Jim's father. He usually leaves home very early. He doesn't work in a factory. He goes to work on foot or by bike. It is far from his home. He usually works in the day and has his lunch outside in the sun. His work is very hard. Question: What is Sara? Yes or no, is the answer \"a nurse\"?\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The bell rings and in a few moments. the most disordered part of the day begins-lunch. Food begins to be dished out. and some students are eager to see their friends. while others cannot bear the thought of what is about to happen. Anxie0, builds for many as they think today will be just like any other day. Press repeat and this happens every day. But Bridport Elementary in Bridport introduced a system to solve this classic scene of loneliness and meet new friendships. There's hardly room for the question, \"Will you save me a seat?\" at Britiport Elementary where students are guided to assigned tables and given the. opportunity to open their hearts and minds to a new friend. The school's president Kilbourne had observed too many days in which the same kids were left alone, while the others were always accompanied by friends. Something had to change. The school gives a new system- in which students line up to pick a numbered stick before getting their food. Each stick has a number that's linked with a table, showing where they will eat lunch for the day. This system was used five months ago. Today, if you walked into the cafeteria. you wouldn't find any numbers or any sticks. Kilbourne made a promise to the students that the system would eventually disappear if she saw that students learned to value inclusivity and friendship. People really saw a change. A girl was walking around by herself with her lunch in her hand. and four tables asked her to join them. At another table. a kindergartener was sitting alone for just a few moments before two sixth graders came over to sit with him. and actively included him in conversation. Now we are left wondering: how can lessons learned from the cafeteria be used elsewhere? Students and adults all over the country could benefit from an approach in which every person is always welcome at the table in any situation. Question: What inspjred the president of Bridport Elementary to introduce the system? - Students didn't speak to friends at a table. - Students didn't manage to get a seat in the cafeteria. - Students had no one to communicate with in a crowd. - Students had little interest in lunch due to the pressure of study.\nStudents had no one to communicate with in a crowd.\n------\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: In the past, man did not have to think about protection of the environment. There were very few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited. Today things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not survive. Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on land. Yet, we continue to use more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees. We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste is still put into rivers, but there are few laws to stop this. We also know that if the population of the countries in the world is to rise at the present rate in a few years, there will not be enough food. What can we do to solve these problems? If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control. Finally, if all of us think about the problem, we will have a better and cleaner planet in the future. Question: Which of the following is NOT true? - If we eat more vegetables, more food can be saved. - In the past, there was no need for people to think about environmental protection. - If we keep on cutting trees, forests will disappear. - We shouldn't take more and more fish out of the sea, or there will soon be no fish left.\nIf we eat more vegetables, more food can be saved.\n------\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way. Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn't even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting annoyed, but then it hit me: I started noticing his answers were much quicker and right when he stood up. Could he be focused while standing up? This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet child was more likely to succeed. This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life. Kids that were active and loud would only be objects of stares. Now people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality features, and all they can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids' best cheerleaders, guiding them and helping them find their way. I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Obviously, he is concentrating, just in his own way and not mine. We need to accept our kids, and their ways of doing things. This way may have worked for me but doesn't mean we need to carry it through generations. There is nothing sweeter than seeing our children being individual . It makes us happy and that's just the way I want my kids to live life. Question: According to the passage, the author tried to keep his son seated so that _ . - he could finish his homework on time - he couldn't bother the author - he could pay more attention to his study - he could keep silent in the room\nhe could pay more attention to his study\n------\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: NASA-s New Horizons probe flew by Pluto this morning, sending back history's first up-close looks at the vast freezing-cold world. Closest approach came at 7:49 a.m. EDT. To celebrate, NASA gave out the latest photo of Pluto. It showed a reddish world with an amazing heart-shaped feature on its surface. After today's close encounter, all the nine solar system's traditionally recognized planets have now been visited by a spaceship-a huge project begun in 1962 when NASA's Mariner 2 probe flew past Venus, a planet in the solar system. More than l,200 scientists, NASA guests and important persons, including 200 reporters, watched the flyby live at New Horizons' mission control center. That close encounter has been a long time coming. The$723 million New Horizons mission launched in January 2006 but began taking shape in 1989. \"New Horizons is'a capstone mission',\" Glen Fountain, mission project manager told Space, com. \"It is the first completion of the observations of our solar system. It-s giving us a new idea about how we human beings fit into the universe.\" New Horizons \"faced a crazy number of challenges,\" Stern, a driving force behind New Horizons said, \"So many people stuck with this for so long. They got knocked down; they stood up. They got knocked down again; they stood up again.\" In a coincidence, today's close approach falls on the 50th anniversary of the first flyby of Mars, another planet, which was completed by NASA-s Mariner 4 spaceship. There are no longer nine officially recognized planets, of course. The International Astronomical Union regarded Pluto as \"a dwarf planet\" in 2006 in a decision that remains controversial today. Question: Which statement is TRUE according to the passage? - Ideas still vary in the identity of Pluto. - Only scientists could watch the flyby live. - Mars is the first planet visited by a spaceship. - New Horizons mission aimed to observe the solar system.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ideas still vary in the identity of Pluto.\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The host: Now it's time for our You Must Read This program. Today we'll hear from Lauren Groff. She came across a book when she was going to have her first child and was worried about the future. Lauren Groff: Staring into darkness, I wanted to read about happiness.1n fact, books full of joy are hard to find because happiness is nearly impossible to write about. So, when I found Elizabeth and Her German Garden, by Elizabeth Von Arnim, I felt as if someone suddenly opened a curtain and revealed a window where I had thought there was a wall. Elizabeth and Her German Garden feels as if it rose out of Von Arnim's deep unhappiness in the way she was supposed to fit into her world Still, what a cool drink this novel is. It has a few characters: the narrator, a countess named Elizabeth, her husband, her three tiny daughters, various servants and some visitors. There is also Elizabeth's garden. whick we see in all its seasonal richness. That is only the book's surface, however. There are great things hidden in the book. Eliza- beth is always comparing herself and the women around her and finding their fixed social roles disappointing. Her happiness, when it comes, arrives as an act of will. She has fought hard to achieve delight and I think it is more valuable for her struggle. I appreciate Elizabeth for showing me a way through my darkest time, by revealing that an act of focused attention can lift a person out of a long, dark period in their lives. Anyone can get a little happiness from living, even by reading a few pages of a book. The host : That's Lauren Groff. Her latest novel is Arcadia. The book she recommended is Elizabeth and Her German Garden. Question: What can we learn about Arcadia? Options: A: It is the next novel to be recommended. B: It is a novel written by Lauren Groff. C: It is Elizabeth Von Arnim's latest novel. D: It is recommended in the last program.\nA: B\n\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: TV talk shows dominate daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of \"rubbish talk\". The contents on his show are as surprising as possible. For example, the show takes the forever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives. Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and the quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors. Compared with Oprah, the Jerry Springer looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a \"final word\". He makes a small speech about the main idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable. Clear as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main viewers are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life's tougher problems. The Jerry Springer show, on the other hand, has more of connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drugs. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show's exploitation (,). Question: What is the audience's reaction to the social problems that Jerry Springer talks about? Options: A: They are interested in them. B: They are not ready to face them. C: They are cold to them. D: They want to get away from them.\nA: A\n\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Birmingham----The wedding took place in aprefix = st1 /Birminghamhotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time. Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio station's competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine,23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a peculiar \"experiment\" organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham,England. Greg and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer who declared that they were suited. The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaine's mother looked anxious throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordell's parents are reported to be less than delighted. Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one person put it, \"We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this. Marriage should always be about love.\" The couple are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a year's free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre ofBirmingham, and a car. But will it last? Question: Some experts believe that _ . Options: A: marriage without the couple's meeting each other first ends up in divorce B: young people nowadays are too careless about marriage C: taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems D: most young people take marriage seriously except this couple\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Hello, Listeners. Welcome to Henton Hospital Radio. Before our music programme at four, I'm going to repeat some of our hospital rules. The hospital can sleep 800 patients. There're 8 beds in each ward . The visiting hours are in the afternoon from 2:30 to 3:30 and in the evening from 7:00 to 8:00. But remember only two people can see you at the same time. Sorry about that, but you can see what would happen if we didn't have these rules. The other rules are about our hours. We start quite early---you might not be used to that. We wake you at 6 o'clock, and breakfast is at 8 o'clock, lunch is at noon. There's tea at 3:30 and supper is at 6 o'clock. You can see the non-smoking sign---we don't allow smoking in the wards. I'm sure you understand why. However, if you do need to smoke, there are some smoking rooms where it is allowed. You will find the radio switch on the wall near your bed, with your own headphones, if you want to listen. It's our own hospital radio wishing you a quick recovery. Question: Which is Not allowed in the hospital? Options: A: Listening to the hospital radio. B: Visiting patients in the morning. C: Smoking in smoking-rooms. D: Getting up early in the morning.\nB\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Many people may not believe it, but this is what is happening: polar bears are dying out! They are dying because they are losing a great deal of habitat due to human incursion and global warming. They are dying because of starvation as well. With the sea ice they depend on for survival shrinking, it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to find food. An ecosystem is highly dependent on all of its parts, and removing even a single species can result in serious consequences. Polar bears are at the top of the predators where they live. They play an important part in the ecosystem. They feed on seals, fish and deer. Several other animals depend on the kill of polar bears. The failure to save polar bears might result in loss of these predators. In addition, all large predators perform a very important function in their habitat: helping to control the populations of other species. When an animal group loses its natural predators, its population will rise rapidly, having a direct result in population decrease of other groups. A huge boom in population of Arctic seals would have a direct effect on the prey of seals, and could reduce numbers of certain types of fish. This could also have a direct effect on humans, who might have to compete with Arctic seals for food supplies from fish. Lack of polar bears could eventually affect human food supply. Human beings shall save polar bears to ensure the food supply. There is no doubt that we should save polar bears. However, there is still another question: can they be saved? This is a matter that scientists debate because of rapid degradation of the polar bear' environment in recent years due to warming temperatures. It is estimated that if the bears cannot adapt to changing climates, they might die out before the end of the 21stcentury, with about 50% of the animals disappearing by 2050. So time is running out! There are some things that may help slow down global warming and help delay extinction of polar bears. These include finding new energy sources... Question: We can infer that _ . Options: A: nothing can prevent the extinction of polar bears B: drilling for oil in the Arctic should be encouraged C: polar bears can surely adapt to changing climates D: using solar energy is good for saving polar bears\nD\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: When it comes to feeling better about yourself,nothing will help you like healthy eating.Controlling what you eat is a big factor in how you look and feel.If you think about it,so much of how we behave,how we feel,and how our bodies perform is based on what we put into them. The old saying \"You Are What You Eat\" is actually true.The problem is that a lot of mainstream diet books you might find in your local bookstore or online are trying to sell you diet plans that don't work and that might even make you sick. Healthy eating is great for your body.It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.Many people don't realize just how good healthy food is for them.By eating great foods that are natural and healthy,you can lose weight.You can also have a lot more energy.So you shouldn't just think of healthy eating as a way to burn fat,but you should also think of it as a way to get your life back in order. You can spend more time with your family and get more work done because you will have more energy.You will be impressed by how much better you'll feel by putting nutritious,natural foods into your body.Your look will be better.You'll have more energy,and you'll be happier. The important thing to remember when it comes to eating healthy is to not fall for any tricks.There are a lot of people out there looking to make quick money.They will tell you just something so they can sell a book or a video.What you need is to trust a diet plan that is right for your body.Educate yourself about your own body type.Find out what kinds of foods are best for you.If the diet book you trust doesn't teach you these important factors,then you might be reading bad information. Question: The natural and healthy eating can NOT _ . Options: A: help one lose weight B: burn fat in one's body C: decrease one's energy D: make one's life regularized\nC\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: From poor beginnings to most expensive player ZINEDINE Zidane,who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month,has always preferred to express himself with a football rather than with words. Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League final against Germany's Leverkusen 21. He became one of the world's most expensive players when he joined Real Madrid from Italy's Juventus for US $ 66 million.And he has been a national hero since he scored twice in the 3-O defeat of Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final. But despite his success,Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground.He leads a quite family life,there is hardly any gossip about him and he avoids putting his wife and two children in the spotlight. \"Just because I'm a public figure it doesn't mean I have to express myself on everything.I don't like to discuss some personal matters publicly.\"he said. Even as a child playing football in the slum area of Marseille,France,where he was raised by his Algerian parents,Zidane was shy. He loved football even as a little kid.\"I realized football is a wonderful mixture of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking,\"he said. Even when the match awards were just chocolate and bread,Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich. Before he was 10 years old,it was obvious that he could become a great footballer.He was offered his first professional contract when he was just 20.Now,at the age of 29,he has already picked up two World Player of the year awards. This quiet striker has not yet spoken of his hopes for the coming World Cup.But his fans across the world will be eagerly watching him to see what he'll do this time. Question: What did Zidane learn from his childhood football experience? He learned that _ . Options: A: he could become a great footballer B: he could become rich if he became a footballer C: football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking D: football is a favorite sport in the future\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "There was a man who had a little son. He loved him very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy. When the man came home from work one night, he found that he had some extra work to do. And he wasn't able to play with his little son. He wanted to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking around his study, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He patiently tore the map up into pieces. Then he led his son into the dining room and spread the pieces on the table. He explained to the boy that it was a map of the world. He told the boy to put it back together and they could play together when he finished. Surely this could keep the child busy for hours, he thought. After about thirty minutes, the boy came to the man and said, \"Okay, it's finished, Dad. Can we play now?\" The man was surprised, saying, \"That's amazing! How did you do that?\" The boy said, \"It was easy. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world appeared completely.\" How long did it take the boy to finish the work? A) A few hours. B) About an hour. C) About half an hour. D) The whole night.\nC\n\n\n(Question)\nA man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of these kinds of machines. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station . There were always lots of people in and out there. The first one began to use the machine. It was an Indian woman. When she stand on the machine, the machine thought for a few minutes to decide which language it should speak. \"Good morning, madam,\" it said in Indian. \"Your weight is 72 kilos. That's three kilos more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Wish you a nice day.\" The second one who used the machine was a nice Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. \"Good morning , Miss ,\"the machine said in Chinese. \"Your weight is 45 kilos. It's all right for your age and height. Go on to eat what you eat every day. Wish you a nice day.\" The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time before standing on the machine. But as soon as she stood on the machine, the machine spoke quickly in English , \"Good morning . Will one of you get off?\" First the man put his machine _ . A) in the doctor's waiting room B) in a museum C) in a station D) in a train\n(Answer)\nC\n\n\nQues: Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary. Mary is her daughter. She is going to be ten years old. A lot of friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. There are twenty girls of them. Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her. \"That's a big nice cake,\" Mrs. White says to Mrs. Green. \"Thank you very much.\" Mrs. Green is going shopping now. She is going to buy fruit for the party. She buys lots of pears, apples, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home. It's five o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to begin in thirty minutes. Who helped Mrs. Green prepare for the party? A) Mr. Green B) Mr. White C) Mary Green D) Mrs. White\nAns: D\n\n\n(Q).\nShopping on the Internet is becoming more and more popular. Why do people use the Internet to shop? Some people say it is more convenient. They don't have to leave their homes to order something; they can shop for anything they want at any time; they can find things for sale that they can't find in the Mores near their homes. Still other people say they can find better prices on the Internet. If you want to buy something on the Internet, you need a credit card. You have to type your credit card number and information on the website and send them to the store over the Internet. You have to be sure that the store will not use your information in the wrong way. You don't want someone to get your credit card number, so be careful with it, because people sometimes steal credit card numbers from stores. TV Internet is also a good place to go window-shopping. Window-shopping is when you look at the things for sale in a store, but don't plan to buy anything. In window-shopping you can see what kinds of things you are able to get and how much they cost. Some stores like Ross Stores have a website for information about their Mores, but not for shopping. Some stores have a website for information about their stores, and you can shop on line there, such as Office Depot, Payless Shoe Source and Safeway. Some stores like Amazone.com are only for on line shopping Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A) You can shop on-line at www.officedepot .com B) You can not shop on-line at www.rossstores.com. C) You can only do window-shopping at www.amazone.com. D) You can shop on-line at www.safeway.com.\n(A).\nC\n\n\nQues: At the World Expo Shanghai 2010, you will be able to see the world in just one day. The World Expo (short for \"exposition\") is the third largest world event after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. Countries build pavilions at the Expo, showing off technologies and cultures with colorful exhibitions and performances. People can experience the most advanced technologies at the World Expo. Throughout history, many new inventions have made their debuts at the World Expo, including the TV, telephone and even the ice cream cone. But the Expo is not just a trade fair . It's a platform for cultural exchange, bringing people closer to the rest of the world. For example, at the Shanghai Expo, couples may be able to marry in French-style weddings at the France Pavilion. Thailand will let visitors walk into its emperor's palace. Visitors to the Austria Pavilion will have the chance to experience the snow-capped mountains of the country. Many countries have also decided to bring their national treasures to the event. Since the 1993 Expo in Chicago, the World Expo began to focus on one theme. It changed from a show into a community event. Visitors are invited to help solve global issues, such as environmental problems. The theme of the Shanghai Expo is \"Better city, better life\". It will call on the world to solve the problems human beings face as a result of urbanization . In the future, more and more people may care about protecting the places they live in. Which of the following is NOT true at the World Expo in this passage? A) People can experience the most advanced technologies. B) Couples may be able to marry in French-style weddings at the France Pavilion. C) Visitors can walk into the emperor's palace of Thailand. D) Australia Pavilion will let the visitors experience the snow-capped mountains of the country.\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: E - The Environmental Magazine If you're concerned about your health, your family's health and the future of our planet, and want to know \"What Can I Do?\" to make a difference, you'll love reading E - The Environmental Magazine. A 12-time Independent Press Awards winner andnominee , E is full of everything environmental -- from recycling to rainforests, and from the global village to our own backyards. 1 year (6 issues) -- $24.95 2 years (12 issues) -- $34.95 Add $10.00 / year for Canadian postage Add $40.00 / year for foreign postage Edinburgh Young Carers Project We work with young carers aged 5-18. We want to colour the lives of some of these young people by introducing them to someone who will try to understand them, listen, work towards agreed goals and have some FUN! Is that person you? Are you aged 18-25, could you help and encourage a young person to recognise what they want and work towards getting it?You can encourage and help someone and in return help yourself! You will learn new skills and build on your own experience. Contact: Sue Mackay email: sue.mackay@yahoocarers.org.uk Belvedere Castle Exhibit Date(s): February 16, 2008 - February 16, 2018 Time(s): 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Event scheduling: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Event details: The exhibit covers two floors of the Castle, and currently features an informational panel on the importance of trees and a display of common birds that can be found in surrounding areas. All Ages. Free; reservations required for groups of 25 people or more. Call 212-772-0210 for information. (click to show map) Tennis Skills Camp August 2-6, 2010 Registration deadline: July 15, 2010 This camp, held on the Alfred University Tennis Courts, is for boys and girls entering grades 7-12. Training at the beginner through advanced levels will be provided. The camp is directed and coached by Dave Brady, tennis coach at Alfred-Almond Central School. Camp sessions will be held Monday through Friday, from 4:00-6:30 p.m. Cost:... Question: From the first ad, we know E - The Environmental Magazine _ . Options: A: is a monthly publication B: mainly deals with health problems C: costs a Canadian reader $ 34.95 a year D: has won Independent Press Awards 12 times\nC\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: My passion started decades ago as a kid on a flight to India. I was attracted by how such a large airplane was able to glide smoothly above the clouds. I made it a goal to become a pilot. I am now a pilot for American airlines. Though being a pilot consumes my life,it is a job worth doing. My job is slightly different compared to that of a typical pilot. Most pilots have their routes they fly. They then familiarize(...)themselves with the routes. However, in my case,I participate in any job where a pilot is immediately required. It is true that some days I might have a workday from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon. In fact,some days,I might even begin my work at three in the morning when I am needed to fly. Sometimes, as for the typical day,I do not have one. Having been on the job for over two decades,I have learned some important life lessons. As I greet passengers boarding the airplane,I realize I,along with other airline pilots, have enhanced the lives of those who we are serving. In fact, there is one particular experience that I will never forget. A family was walking in from the gate, explaining that their beloved one was ill and had to be taken to a big hospital in another city immediately. It was at this point that I realized just how important my job was. Therefore, my life as an airline pilot is definitely not for everyone. However,my job is something I enjoy thoroughly and will continue to do till I am old enough. As a pilot, I have been able to experience so many different types of situations in different places throughout the world. For anyone interested in piloting, I would recommend going for it. Question: The author realized how important his job was because he _ . Options: A: could serve everyone as he does his daily work B: could make his guests' life more convenient C: could take the ill patient to hospital in short time D: had been to many advanced countries in the world\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: On July 4,1986,Americans celebrated the Statue of Liberty's 100th birthday.Parades,speeches,fireworks,and other activities contributed to the great joy of the event.The celebration caused reporters and the 1ocal people to 1ook back a century to the similar great joy that marked the official opening of the statue.The Statue of Liberty was completed in 1886,but the story began earlier.The idea for a statue was first suggested at a dinner party by Edouard de Laboulaye, a French historian .A guest at the party was Frederic Bartholdi,a young sculptor. Most people who attended the dinner party soon forgot the idea,but Laboulaye and Bartholdi remembered it.In 187l, Bartholdi came to the United States to interest Americans in a statue that would link France and the United States in friendship.Many people in France had already been persuaded and contributed money to the project.Americans were also persuaded to build a fund for the statue.Much of the money came from school children. After the idea had been accepted,Bartholdi set to work. He worked hard for many years.His friend Laboulaye died before the statue was completed.At last,in 1885,the statue was sent to the United States.It had to be shipped in sections and then put together for its weight and size. Ever since then, 1886,the Statue of Liberty has stood as a symbol of freedom to millions of immigrants entering New York Harbor. Question: Bartholdi made his first trip to the United States to talk about the Statue of Liberty in _ . Options: A: 1986 B: 187l C: 1885 D: 1886\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: My mother has always been a follower of traditional methods when it comes to anything. She cooks traditional food,likes dressing up traditionally and likes the traditional way of shopping. She loves going to markets and going from one shop to another to find out what suits her best. She can walk miles when it comes to shopping along with her friends. She knows all the local markets and shops and knows very well where she can get best discounts . However,now she always gets tired when she goes out in the market. So one day I decided to introduce a new shop,which is much larger than usual markets and where she can also get discounts.I am talking about online gift stores. She has a basic knowledge of computers and can operate computers. At the beginning,she was doubtful about shopping from these online gift shops because she wasn't too sure about the quality of the products. One day I decided to get her some branded things so that she could build trust in these shops. I ordered a Timex watch and a Sisley handbag for her. She never bought things online,but when they were delivered as a gift,she jumped for joy. She could not believe that I had ordered these gifts for her despite her being not much positive about online shops. However,after she saw both the products,she was assured that these online gift shops sent the promised brands and products,she loved her new watch and handbag. After this experience she ordered a gift for her friend's wedding. She chose a gift basket that could be made according to her requirements. They sent a beautifully decorated basket with fine wines and chocolates. The basket was so artistically decorated that it became her friend's favorite gift. Since then she has been consistently shopping online. Question: What was the attitude of the author's mother to shopping online at first? Options: A: She thought it was a good idea. B: She thought goods online were cheap. C: She doubted the quality of the goods. D: She worried about the difficulty in operation.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: In my life, I have received many gifts from my mother. The most important was my life. However, there's another special gift I will never forget. When I grew up, I left home and got a job in South America. One day , a call came from my brother, \"Something is wrong with Mom. She's forgetful . She thinks we're hiding you from her...\" I got back home at once. It was clear that she would not be able to stay in the house alone. For nearly 4 years I stayed with my mother and we had fun. We even planted some vegetables together in the garden. It was not easy for me. I had to stop working. When I had to leave , I had to ask someone to look after her or drive her to my brother's. When it became clear that she was near the end, family memebers were called to come to say their good byes. For 3 weeks my sister and I just sat with Mom, took long walks and spent some real time with each other. My sister and I were both with Mom when she was passing away , holding her hands and telling her how much we loved her. At the end of life, my mother gave me the gift of time with my sister in a way we would never have given ourselves. Question: What's the best title for this passage? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- The most important gift\n- A special gift\n- A happy family\n- My dear mother\n\nA: A special gift\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- Five.\n- Six.\n- Seven.\n- Eight Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Do you care about your memory ?The following ways can help improve your memory. Sleep: Sleep plays an important part in improving your memory. Enough sleep is very important to have a good memory. Don't watch TV while eating: Do not watch television while eating. Some people keep talking and eating while watching TV. Eating is a time when you can take a break from studying and rest your eyes. Healthy food: Healthy food is important for a healthy mind. Have milk, eggs, fish and fruits. These foods have a lot of nutrients Make the things interesting: If you find the things the teachers ask you to memorize interesting, you will memorize them more easily. For example, include music and different colors in the things you need to memorize. Repeat the things: Repeat the things by singing or talking. Repeating is a good way to memorize things. Exercise: Do exercise every day. It not only improves the body but improves the mind. Air in the morning keeps your mind clear. A clear mind is needed for memorizing things. Have a rest: Don't study for long hours. Have a rest from time to time. Studying for a long time will make you tired and you will find it harder to remember and learn things. Question: How many ways of improving memory are there in the passage? Answer:\nA:\noutput: Seven.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Presents For Children's Day Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li'l Folks to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950, and ran without interruption for the next fifty years. Charles M. Schulz died in 2000. *IT'S A DOG'S LIFE SNOOPY It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy brings all your familiar friends together for great times and fun. *IT'S A BIG WORLD CHARLIE BROWN Charlie Brown faces some of life's little challenges with the help of Snoopy, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, and the rest of the gang in It's a Big World, Charlie Brown. *PEANUTS 2000 The last one is the special edition Peanuts 2000, which includes all the last year's Peanuts comic strip and Charles M. Schulz's famous farewell strip. Come and visit our website at www.ballantinebooks.com or come to Ballantine Bookshop, you'll have a big surprise. Question: When did Peanuts first appear in public? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- In 1922\n- In 1948\n- In 1950\n- In 200\n\nAnswer: In 1950\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- London Police Force\n- Bow Street Runners\n- Why Are London Police Famous?\n- The History of the London Police\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: London police are well known in the world. Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700 there was no policeman in London at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night, and they were not paid very much. About 300 years ago, London started to get bigger. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people had to stay in their homes as much as possible. In 1750, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called \"Bow Street Runners\" because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were 120 Bow Street Runners, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So, in 1829, the first London Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. There was no policewoman in London until 1920. Today, London police are quite well paid and only a few police officers still ride horses. Perhaps the London Police Force's greatest achievement is to meet changing conditions and provide excellent police service . The two main reasons for the Force's development were the growth of population and the progress of science and technology. Question: What is the best title for this passage? Answer:\nAnswer: The History of the London Police\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- he fell off the bike\n- a bucket of water fell on his foot\n- he fell and hurt his foot\n- he was ill\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: A small boy lived with his mother and grandmother in a big house. His father had died. A bucket of water fell on the small boy's left foot, and it began hurting a hot. His mother said, \"I'm going to put something very hot on your foot tonight. That's always very good. Tomorrow your foot won't hurt any longer.\" In the evening, the small boy's mother came to his bedroom. She had a hot poultice in a bowl. The small boy looked at it and said, \"I don't want that. I had one a month ago. Poultices hurt.\" His mother sat down on his bed and said, \"You're going to have this poultice on.\" She pulled his sheets and blankets away, and put the poultice near his foot, but the boy pulled it away quickly, and poultice fell on the bed. His mother was angry. She went down stairs and came back with his grandmother and a stick. She said to her son, \"Your grandmother's going to put the poultice on your foot, and I'm going to hold this stick. Now don't be a stupid boy.\" She held the stick over the boy, and the grandmother took his foot and put the poultice near it. The boy said. \"Stop, you...\" but his mother brought the stick nearer, and he did not say anything else. The grandmother brought the poultice near the foot again, and the boy stopped her again, but his mother was angry now and said, \"I'm going to hit you.\" The boy did not finish his words, and his grandmother put the poultice on his foot. He let it there for a few minutes and then took it off again. The boy's mother and grandmother put the sheets and blankets over him again and he said, \"My left foot hurts, but you put the poultice on my right foot. I stopped you twice, but you didn't listen to me.\" Question: The small boy's foot hurt because _ . Answer:\n****\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "a bucket of water fell on his foot", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Lily has a black dress. She thinks it's very nice. Black is Lily's favorite color. She doesn't like colorful dresses at all. Lily also has a pair of sunglasses. She bought the sunglasses with all her pocket money Y=20.She thinks they are really cool. She really loves them. Linda is Lily's friend. She has a colorful scarf it's red, white and blue. She likes it a lot. This is Linda's watch. It's brown. Linda thinks it's lovely. Today is Monday, June 14th. Wednesday is Linda's birthday. Lily wants to give her a red and green wallet.\nA: Question: When is Linda's birthday?Options:A June 14thB June 15thC June 17thD June 16thAnswer:D\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Sports may be fun, but you need to play them safely. Here are some tips to help you stay safe while you're playing sports in winter. * Get your body ready! Before you do any exercise, be sure to warm up for at least five minutes. During warming up you should stretch all parts of your body. * Wear the right clothes! Be sure to wear the right clothes for sports. If you play winter sports, make sure that you dress warmly. Also make sure to use suntan oil . It may be cold, but the sun is still bright! If you don't put on suntan oil, your skin may be hurt. If you go skiing, be sure to wear waterproof trousers and gloves. If you go running in cold weather, try to wear a scarf. It will keep your face, ears and neck warm. * Stop playing sports when you are hurt! If you get hurt when playing sports, don't play again until you get well. * Don't get thirsty! Drink a lot when playing sports because it is easy to become thirsty. ,.\nAnswer: Question: Two kinds of sports are mentioned in the passage. What are they?Options:A Running and skating.B Swimming and running.C Skiing and running.D Skiing and skating.Answer:C\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: In April this year, lots of bags full of small change were seen at bus stops in Tianjin. They were made for passengers to turn their notes into small change. And such an idea came from four students from Zhongbei Middle School, Tianjin. \"People will surely feel worried when they take a bus without coins. We just want to do something to help them,\" said Wang Yongcun, 15, one of the four students. The four boys spent their whole weekend making the change bags. After that they went to see the number of the passengers at each bus stop near their school, and then chose the top six stops to put the bags. Many people think that the four boys have really done a good job. But, things didn't go as the boys thought. Two days later, they found that the money was gone, and that even the bags were taken. It really made them sad but they would not give up. Their classmates and teachers came to help them in time. They put their pocket money in bags again. And the teachers also taught them to make better change bags. They tried their best to do it. The four boys feel very happy because they have done something good for the passengers. Their warm hearts are moving. More and more people are beginning to join in the activity.\n****\n[A]: Question: The change bags were put _ .Options:A on the busesB at the bus stopsC under the desksD near the parksAnswer:B\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Hello, my name is Mike.I am from England. I am a new student in Jason School. I am in Class 2, Grade 1. I go to school 5 days a week and there are 6 classes a day. There are 25 students in my class. I am very happy to meet them. English is my favorite lesson. Miss Green is my English teacher. She is 27 years old. I like having her class. There is a computer in my classroom. Miss Green likes playing English songs on the computer in her class and we like these songs. Now I can sing many English songs. There are some pictures in the classroom because some students like drawing pictures and they draw very well. I like my classroom and my new school. Welcome to my school!\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: Mike is a _ in Jason School.Options:A studentB teacherC doctorD workerAnswer:A\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Bill and his friends are in a big city. He takes a lot of food. His bag is big and heavy. Soon, Bill gets lost. He walks in the street for a long time and he feels tired . It's eight in the evening, he goes into a restaurant. He asks for some drinks and soon he begins to sleep. When he wakes up ,he can't find any people in the restaurant. The door is closed and he can't go out. He finds a telephone number and begins to call Mt Jackson, the owner of the restaurant. \"Hello,\" says the boy. \"When do you open your restaurant, Mr. Jackson?\" The telephone wakes up the man and he isn't happy. So he says, \"Don't ask me about that. I can't let you in.\" \"Oh, no! I want to go out.\"\n++++++++\nAnswer: Question: Bill goes to sleep because _ .Options:A he gets homeB he eats too much in the restaurantC he doesn't know where he can goD he's very tiredAnswer:D\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs. When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. \"How do you do?\" said the man. \"Can you come at once to a place out of town? It's quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.\" \"Certainly,\" said the doctor. \"I'm quite ready. I can come at once.\" After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor's car, and they drove off. They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, \"Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to the town.\" \"I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?\" \"There is no patient,\" explained the man. \"Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and I must get home from a town, There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often _ , so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.\" ,.\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: Which of the following statements is NOT true?Options:A The story happened in the midnight .B It was so late that there were no taxis for the man to take at that time.C The doctor was very thankful to get some money.D The man was cleverer than the doctor.Answer:C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: In the United States ,the biggest change in spending has been in the amount spent on food ,which has decreased from 46% of the total family budget in 1901 to 19% of present day totals .This is due to the fact that people are now able to buy more and better foods at lower prices. As a result of the growth in fast-food restaurants (for example, McDonad's or KFC), more people are also eating out. Thus about 30% of today's food budget goes on meals eaten outside the home while a hundred years ago it was only 3%. At the beginning of the 20th century, few people owned their homes (only around 19% of working families )and cars (at $ 1,000 per car this was well above the average family income of $ 650 per year) , as most people were unable to borrow money. But there was a rapid rise in both home and car ownership during the mid-1900s. Free time increased considerably following the shortening of the working week, i. e. from six days to five ,and from ten hours to eight hours a day. In fact, the working day couldn't be too long, otherwise people wouldn't have the time to spend their money. The amount of a family's budget spent on outside entertainment ,such as parties, films and concerts has increased from just under 6% in Ford's day to about 9% today. On the other hand, we spend only a quarter of what our great-grandparents paid for reading materials. It is difficult to see how our spending patterns may change in the future. We already know that our population is aging and this will have an effect on the amount of money we spend on medical care. Options: A The development of the fast food industry. B The improvement of living conditions. C The reduction in working time. D The rapid rise in income. Answer: C The reduction in working time. Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: What is the immediate cause for people to have more time to enjoy life?\n\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: *Prime Minister Tony Blair faced new allegations on Thursday that he misled Parliament and the public in making the case for the war in Iraq after he disclosed his chief legal adviser's written opinion raising questions about the legality of the war. *US Forest Service officials are reminding people to stay off Forest Service roads that are closed. The fine for disobeying the rule of road closures is a maximum of $ 5, 000 fine and/or six months in prison. Those who enter the area and cause road damage may also be required to pay for repairs. *In a second study presented at the meeting, scientists from the UK and Denmark showed that even a few days of high temperatures can severely reduce production of crops such as wheat, soybeans, rice and groundnuts, if it occurs when the plants are flowering. *A bomb exploded in Thailand's mainly Muslin south on Sunday, killing two policemen and wounding three others, a day after Thailand' s queen condemned those behind a 15-month wave of violence . *Mechanicsburg 3, West York l: Ken Stamper and Rusty Bowman had seven kills each, and Ryan Warfield had six to lead the Wildcats past the Bulldogs, 25-11, 25-15, 15-25, 25-23, in a non-league match. Options: A war, law, violence, culture and agriculture B sports, war, violence, politics and climate C politics, culture, violence, climate and sports D violence, sports, politics, law and agriculture Answer: D violence, sports, politics, law and agriculture Question:\n\nA: The news brief covers _ .\n\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: In the world today, all of the people need recreation . We cannot work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life. Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football; There are also individual sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor. Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing. It doesn't matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation. Options: A keep healthy and enjoy life B make friends C find a good job D make more money Answer: A keep healthy and enjoy life Question:\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nPeople want to take part in sports in order to _ .\n\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: When JetBlue captain Clayton Osbon became unpredictable, his co-pilot invented a reason for him to go back into the cabin.Once the captain was out of the cockpit , the co-pilot locked the door to keep the captain from returning.Passengers, some with law enforcement experience, calmed the captain.The flight changed course to Amarillo, Texas where the captain was hospitalized. Incidents in which a pilot has had an in-flight psychological breakdown are rare.But how could it happen at all? Though pilots are required to have an examination at least once a year by a physician approved by the FAA, there are no formal procedures in place to test pilots for signs of psychological problems. At most airlines, pilots are members of a union.A pilot who appears to have a psychological or an alcohol problem can be reported to a union member whose job it is to investigate.If there is a problem, the pilot is given the choice of getting treatment or being reported to management.But at airlines, such as Allegiant, JetBlue, and Virgin American where there is no union, pilots are - to say the least - unwilling to report a fellow pilot to management. In most professions, a person experiencing emotional difficulties is free to consult a doctor.Rut an airline pilot in therapy is viewed with suspicion both by the airline and by the FAA.No pilot wants to be put under extra examination by an agency that has the power to _ their license or end their employment.That being the case, pilots are less likely than people in other professions to seek help. There may be no way to make sure this never happens again, but its possibility can be reduced. Tests such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ( MMPI) can reliably detect depression, paranoia, schizophrenia, and other problems.The FAA could require pilots to take the MMPI or a similar test on a periodic basis.Whether such testing becomes required will depend upon the public's response to this incident and whether additional incidents take place. Flying is remarkably safe.But... Options: A Because they are tested for signs of psychological problems every year. B Because they are likely to be treated by physicians. C Because they are supported by the airlines. D Because they might be fired. Answer: D Because they might be fired. Question:\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Why are some pilots unwilling to report a fellow pilot to management?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Many of us use them several times a day without really noticing.And yet the way we in lifts,or elevators as they are known in the US,reveals a hidden anxiety. Passengers seem to know instinctively how to arrange themselves in an elevator,like the dots on a die.With each additional passenger, the bodies shift,going into the open spaces. On your own,you can do whatever you want--it's your own little box.If there are two of you,you take different corners, creating the greatest distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle .And when there is a square, with someone I every corner.A fifth person is probable going to have to stand in the middle. Why are we so awkward in lifts? \"You don't have enough space,\" says Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin.\"Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm's length of distance between us. And that's not possible in most elevators, so it's a very unusual setting. It's unnatural.\" But perhaps there is more to it than just social awkwardness. \"In the back of our minds we are a little anxious,\" says Nick White,an office in New York who was unfortunate enough to be trapped in a lift for41 hours. \"We don't like to be locked into a place.We want to get out of the elevator as soon as possible, you know, it's a frightening place to be.\" During his terrible experience, he began to think of another encloses space-a tomb. Dr.Lee Gray agrees that a sense of disempowerment is the main cause of life anxiety. \"You're in a machine that's moving, over which you have no control. You cannot see the elevator engine, you don't know how it's working,\" he says.\n----\nAnswer: Question: Professor Babette Renneberg believes people feel uneasy in lifts because _ .Options:A they can't move themselvesB they cannot talk with one anotherC they have to stay too close togetherD they are afraid of accidentsAnswer:C\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: When I was a boy,I belonged to the Boy Scouts ,so I used to go camping every summer,and once something happened which I have never been able to explain. We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving,we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river,we noticed that it was surrounded by cliffs . If someone wanted to reach the river at this point,he had to walk past our camp. Several days later,the scoutmaster had to he away for a day. That afternoon,we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire,eating and talking,when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange,but,because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid,no one said anything. We ate rather slowly,taking as long as possible. After finishing,we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the river-- we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp. An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there,so we ran down to the bank, looking every-where carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone. When it got dark,we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling,he doubted that we had seen the man,but finally suggested we go and look again. We did,but there was no one there. Many years have passed,but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see?I do not know.\nA: Question: The writer in the text mainly tells us _ .Options:A the story of his childhoodB a strange camping experienceC about a stranger by the riverD about a good place for camping.Answer:B\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: We often use an Internet search engine to find a website that will provide information. For example, if we want to learn something about the Pepsi Cola Company, its website provides information about the history of the company. We can also find articles in newspapers and magazines. We confirm information with second and third sources to make sure the information is correct. Sometimes we also use an encyclopedia --- a set of books containing information on almost any subject. Encyclopedias are written by experts and have been a trust --- worthy source of information for years. Now there is also a free online encyclopedia called Wikipedia, which is written by people around the world. Anyone can edit or add to an article, but this has caused problems. Last year, a former editor of the paper USA Today discovered wrong information about him on Wikipedia. Someone had written an article that falsely linked him to a political assassination . This wrong information was quickly corrected. According to a recent study by the publication Nature, Wikipedia has more mistakes, compared with Britannica --- a well-known printed encyclopedia. It found an average of four mistakes in a Wikipedia article, and three in an article of Britannica's. But Wikipedia supporters note that they are able to correct information when they find a mistake while written publications are not able to do this. Wikipedia started in 2001. The word \"wiki\" comes from \"wiki wiki\", which means \"quickly\" in the Hawaiian language. It is said that it is the largest single source of information in history. It is also one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet. It offers more than three million articles in more than two hundred languages. Each month, it records more than two billion page visits. Jimmy Wales, who helped start Wikipedia, says that its purpose is to provide everyone with a free encyclopedia written in their native language. You can find information on nearly every subject on Wikipedia. However, some experts warn people not to believe...\n----\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: From the passage, it can be inferred that _ .Options:A printed encyclopedia will lose their popularity.B it is necessary to confirm information on Wikipedia.C information on Wikipedia is available in any language.D more and more mistakes will be found on Wikipedia.Answer:B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Many people think that the BBC news programs are better than those on other channels because the BBC is not a commercial company. It pays for its programs from the television license money which everyone must pay if they have a television. The BBC, which is often known as \"Auntie\", is the biggest news collecting operation in the world. It has the world's largest network of foreign correspondents (;). Ten percent of the BBC's annual budget is spent on news collecting, reporting and presenting. More than 1,700 people work for the BBC news service. The BBC produces more than 214 hours of news and current affairs programs for radio and television each week. Each television news program costs about PS78,000 per hour and each radio news program costs approximately PS4,800 per hour. In the UK, about 19 million people -- almost 35% of the total population, watch the BBC television news progams every day. Developments in technology are improving news collection and presentation every year. The BBC now uses special cameras in the TV news studios to film the news presenters, and captions-- the words and sentences at the bottom of the screen, are now produced automatically by computer. We can infer from the passage that the UK has a population of about _ . A) 54 million B) 19 million C) 5.4 million D) 6.6 million\nA\n\n\nToday, due to numerous medical and scientific advances, people are living longer than ever before. But you have to be good to your body, mind, and soul. The following tips are a good start for getting you on your way to living a long and healthy life. Eat a balanced diet -- one that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fiber and low in saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol. A well-balanced diet can provide your body with the essential nutrients needed to achieve and maintain optimum health. Be physically active -- try to incorporate 30 minutes of activity into your day, every day. The options are endless; start walking on the beach in the mornings, try jogging with a friend, or go for a bike ride in the afternoons. Make sure you choose activities that you enjoy, that way you'll be more likely to make them a habit. Get regular preventive check-ups --see your doctor regularly; remember your doctor is your partner in health care. By having regular check-ups, you may be able to catch small problems before they become big ones. Be safe -- use common sense and be streetsmart . Don't put yourself in situations that are questionable. Always wear your seatbelt and bike helmet. Don't go for a run, walk, or jog at night by yourself. Keep your home well lit and free of things that could make you fall. Stay in touch with family and friends -- get to know your neighbors. Take the time to be involved with your community. By creating a strong social network, you will not only have friends to celebrate with when good things happen, but also a support system in difficult times. Keep a positive attitude -- studies have shown that people who have a positive attitude tend to live longer, and lead healthier and happier lives. Try to find the humor in life. And remember to laugh. What should you do to keep a positive attitude? A) Try to be humorous and happy. B) Keep laugh all the time , C) Have a good mood. D) Exercise every day.\nA\n\n\nQ: Ever since he got into the Hong Kong film industry in 1994 with He's a Woman, She's a Man, Hong Kong director, Peter Chan has been one of the industry's most powerful voices. Later in 1996, another milestone Comrades: Almost a Love Story came into being. Chan's latest film, American Dreams in China is a carefully-calculated film with an eye toward opening the mainland cinema market. American Dreams in China is a film purely for Chinese audiences, but how it plays there remains to be seen. It sends the right messages, but whether that's enough to make it a hit is everyone's guess. Mainland audiences aren't quite that easy to \"speak\" to. The film began during the period of economic reforms in China in the 1980s. The bookish farm boy Cheng Dongqing (Huang Xiaoming), the ambitious and confident boy Meng Xiaojun (Deng Chao) and the poetic Wang Yang(Tong Dawei), were three friends at university in Beijing and preparing for American visa interviews. Wang was the first to be _ the visa but he gave it up for his western girlfriend, and Cheng was repeatedly denied. Only Meng actually got a study visa. As he was leaving, he told his friends that he wouldn't come back. Several years later, Cheng and Wang built a successful school, New Dream, from the ashes of Cheng's misfortune(his girlfriend got a visa too, and Cheng lost his university teaching job) and Wang's ability to connect with students often through Hollywood movies. In America, Meng suffered a lot. Disappointed, he went home and joined his friends at New Dream. Later, the three friends' relationship became worsened, but finally was improved under the weight of their common goals. Which of the following films made Peter Chan a most influential director in Hong Kong? A) American Dreams in China B) Comrades: Almost a Love Story C) New Dream D) He's a Woman, She's a Man\nA: D\n\n\n*Question*\nHow would you like to brush a crocodile's teeth? Or give a shark a bath? Cats are well-known for the way they keep themselves clean by licking , but other animals have their own ways to stay clean as well. And tidiness can be important for their survival. Even cockroaches have to keep their feelers clean to help them into food. Many animals in the wild, such as deer, wolves and bears, have an automatic cleaning system. Insects like to attach themselves to animals to feed on the skin or blood. These parasites can be unhealthy. But their \"host\" animals are constantly dropping skin and fur by a natural process. They also like to rub up against trees or rocks to comfort themselves, and this removes additional skin and fur. Along with old fur goes the dirt and parasites living in the fur. While these animals may sometimes take a bath when they enter or cross a river or lake, they don't need the water to stay clean. They don't get sweaty, because they don't have sweat glands all over their bodies the way people do. Growing new skin and fur is enough to keep them clean. Some animals and birds use dust to get clean. Chinchillas, a kind of small animal that lives in the mountains of South America, have a very fine fur. (They are raised for their fur, in fact.) If they took water baths, they might get too cold. So, instead, they roll around in fine dust, raising quite a cloud as they \"bathe\". The dust helps to keep their fur and skin dry. This protects them from bacteria and parasites that enjoy warm and wet places. And the fine dust doesn't stick in their fur for long. It falls off or blows away. As for lions and tigers, their rough tongues act like combs and can remove dirt and loose fur. Why is it important for them to stay clean and smooth? It helps them stay cool in very hot summer or feel warm in cold winter. It can be inferred from the passage that the way some animals stay clean_. A) is decided by their physical conditions B) is better than the way people do C) keeps them away from parasites all the time D) helps them survive any danger in the wild\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Three boys, Tom, Sam and Jim bought seventeen apples. Tom wanted the half . Sam wanted one-third ,and Jim wanted one-ninth * But they didn't know how to do. Just at that time,a little boy came with an apple in his hand. The boy said to them, \"Don't worry. Let me help you\" Then he put his apple into their apples, and made the number of the apples eighteen. Then he gave Tom nine apples, he gave Sam six apples,and he gave Jim two apples. He gave away seventeen apples and took his apple back. The three boys were very happy. And they said: \"How clever the boy is!\" ,. Question: There were _ apples when the three boys divided them. Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- fifteen\n- sixteen\n- seventeen\n- eighteen\nAnswer: seventeen\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: (C)The earth is not only, but also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you. because nearly 70% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of that is sea water, or salt water. Man can only use the other 3%--the fresh water from rivers, lakes, and other sources. And we can't even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers . Even worse, some of it has been polluted. However, as things stand today, the fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for water is becoming larger and larger quickly--almost day by day. We should take steps to do with this problem now and in this way we can get away from a serious world-wide water shortage later on. We all have to learn how to stop wasting our _ water, one of the first step is to develop ways of reusing it. Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system , from there it returns to sea or runs into underground places. But even if every large city reused its water, we still would not have enough. All we'd have to do to make use of sea water in the world is to remove the salt. Question: The earth is thirsty for water because _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- man has not enough food to eat.\n- we haven't had enough fresh water\n- only 70% of the earth's surface is covered with water.\n- more water is sent into the sewer system\nAnswer: we haven't had enough fresh water\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: We've talked about snails and their slow move. But much of the time snails don't move at all. They're in their shells ---sleeping . Hot sun will dry out a snail's body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into its shell and closes the opening with a thin cover. Then it goes to sleep. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So whenever it rains, it goes inside its shell house and goes to sleep. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It can take a short sleep. Or it can sleep for days at a time. And it spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep. In spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out of from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. It can't see very well. Its eyes, at the ends of the top feelers are very weak. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to the new greens. Then the snail's little mouth goes to work. A snail's mouth is no longer than the point of a pin . Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are so small that you can't see them. But they do their work.. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out. And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones. Mostly, a snail looks for food at night .But on cloudy days it eats in the daytime. It eats all day long. A snail can go on eating for hours and never feel full. Question: In the sentence \"A snail draws its body into its shell\" the word \"draw\" means _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- to make with a pen\n- to keep away from\n- to pull\n- to move to end\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "to pull", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Dealing with a difficult roommate can be both annoying and challenging. However, by becoming aware of the context of the situation, steps can be taken in order to improve the circumstance. Identify the source of the problem. Sometimes, when someone is annoying, it is difficult to tell exactly which aspect of the situation is causing the anger. Therefore, it is important to find the one element that caused your anger to begin with. Evaluate the source of the conflict. Is the conflict _ , or is it serious ? Sometimes, people can become angry over things that seem like a big deal at the time, but when contemplated , are really unimportant. Nevertheless, before any problem is dealt with, it is necessary to determine how serious it is. Talk to the roommate about what is bothering you. Communication is very important when dealing with problems. The problems will only become worse if measures are taken without telling one another what is even wrong to begin with. Listen to the explanation that the roommate has to over. Listening is also important when dealing with conflicts. Hearing each side of the story will make it easier to arrive at a possible solution. Compromise with one another in order to form a solution. Sometimes, conflicts can be resolved simply by changing small occurrences. Question: We can find the text in the _ section of a newspaper. Options: A: science. B: relationship. C: recreation. D: education.\nAns: B\n\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Starting college can be a difficult experience. You have to deal with new responsibilities and growing independence, a challenging course load and, of course, the social scene. When a roommate is thrown into the mix, it may feel like you're struggling with all that stuff while living in a small box with a stranger. But having a roommate doesn't need to be one more thing to worry about. When students go into their living situations with realistic expectations and a willingness to compromise, things can work out just fine. When you first meet your roommate, chances are you'll be on your best behaviour. You want to get along, since this is the person who's going to be sharing your living space for the next year. But try to think ahead to potential worst cases, too. For example, imagine it's 2 a.m. and you're working on a paper that should be finished in 8 hours. Your roommate comes in from a party and wants to continue the party in your room. At times like these, you won't be feeling good. That's why talking about problems that might come up ahead of time -- and respecting each other's wishes when the time comes -- is so important. Talk about the things that are really important to you, and make sure your roommate understands. Then encourage him or her to do the same. For example, does it make you angry when people take things without asking first? Let your roommate know your feelings about these types of things from the start, so that both of you have a feel for each other's likes, dislikes, and habits. Question: You should try to be polite to your roommate because _ . Options: A: you are glad to share the room with him or her B: you will live with him or her in the same room for some time C: you will ask him or her for help in the future D: strangers are very difficult to deal with\nAns: B\n\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars , and say they could be protecting life from the planet's terrible environment. The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface. \"If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance you'd find it in caves,\" said Jut Wynne, one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program. Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as exciting. One photo taken at night by an infrared imager showed one hole to be unusually warm, suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out. \"I said: 'Wow, that's a cave'\" Dr. Clarke said excitedly. \"People have been looking for these for a long time; now we have found them.\" He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold, radiation-soaked , dry surface. \"Tiny drops of water could collect inside,\" he said. \"If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.\" The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lave flows spread across the planet long ago. The outside of the tubes cooled, forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the remaining have to flow out, forming caves. Question: We can learn from the passage that_. Options: A: water has already been found on Mars B: the scientists found all the caves at night C: it is certain that there is life in these caves D: the surface of Mars is bitterly cold, radiation-soaked and dry\nAns: D\n\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. However, anyone can become better if he or she does his or her best. Here are some tips to help you. Plan your time carefully. You should plan your time for things such as eating, sleeping and dressing. Then make a good, regular time for studying. But don't forget to set enough time for entertainment. Keep your _ quiet and clean. The study should have a desk, a chair and some study materials, but no games, no radio and no television! When you sit down to study, you can put your heart into it. Make good use of your time. Listen to everything that the teacher says. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says. After you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss next day, read the material. It will help you study better. Develop a good attitude to tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. It helps you know what you are not good at. The world will still go on even if you fail in a test, so don't be too worried. Question: Which is a good place for studying? Options: A: A clean and beautiful place. B: The place with a computer. C: The place with a television and a radio. D: A quiet place with a chair, a desk and some study materials.\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Teacher: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token \"|||||\". Your task is to summarize them.\nTeacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:\nA photo series on the popular Humans of New York Facebook page may have went viral and captured the nation’s attention last Tuesday, but for Daniel Kang, the post really hit home. \n \n When Kang, a junior studying computer science at the University of Michigan, heard that the refugee pictured and his family were relocating to his hometown of Troy, Mich., he said he knew he had to help. \n \n “I was really inspired by how intelligent he was and I knew a lot of people wanted to welcome him, so I thought, why not it be me?” he said. \n \n On the Humans of New York Facebook page with over 16 million likes — including comments from President Obama — the seven-part picture series’ captions detail one Syrian scientist and his family’s tale of loss after a missile strike destroyed their home, forcing them to to flee to Turkey, now with plans of coming to the United States. \n \n “Everything ended for us that day. That was our destiny. That was our share in life,” the scientist said. Battling stomach cancer, the loss of a home, career and seven family members, the man, whose name remains confidential to protect his identity as a refugee, expressed his hope for a new life in the United States. \n \n “I learned today that I’m going to Troy, Michigan,” he said. “I know nothing about it. I just hope that it’s safe and that it’s a place where they respect science. I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don’t want the world to think I’m over. I’m still here.” \n \n Knowing that refugees come to the United States with little more than they can carry, Kang quickly organized a crowdfunding campaign to help establish the man in his new home. \n \n In four days, the GoFundMe page has raised over $16K in donations from over 700 people. On Saturday afternoon, actor Edward Norton also began a fundraiser for the scientist, raising even more for the refugee who says he “just wants to be a person again.” \n \n “The response has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Kang. “A lot of people thanked me for doing a nice thing but I really feel like I was doing what anyone else would have done.” \n \n Kang said he’s received many messages from people expressing their gratitude, those who want to reach out to the man personally, as well local companies interested in working with the scientist. This includes invitations to lecture at local colleges, research job opportunities and potential help from local medical facilities in treating the man’s stomach cancer. \n \n “There’s definitely a lot of interest in helping him out,” he said. \n \n The biggest concern, said Kang, are those skeptical of how the money will reach the man. \n \n Kang, who has successfully crowdfunded in the past, is working closely with GoFundMe, the local refugee relocation agency Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, and is in communication with the Humans of New York staff to make sure all funding goes to the scientist. \n \n In the end, Kang said he just hopes the scientist receives the welcome he deserves. \n \n “If I could talk to him right now, I’d just tell him how sorry I am for everything he’s been through and that he’s coming to a great place. One of the things he said that resonated with me the most is that ‘I hope Troy is a place that appreciates science.’ \n \n I’d say out of all the cities in Michigan, Troy is the best place to raise a family, be a scientist and we can’t wait to have him.” \n \n Oona Goodin-Smith is a student at Oakland University and a member of the USA TODAY College contributor network. ||||| I saw this story on one of my favorite sites, Humans of New York, and it moved me to tears. This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people and yet he still passionately wants a chance to contribute positively to the world. If we don’t welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we’re not the country we tell ourselves we are. Let’s reject the 'anti-human’ voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of. Let’s show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life. \n \n Everything we raise here will go to help this family so that the father can get the medical treatment he needs to live and pursue his work, and his family can build a new stable life after their tragedy, and…as the Scientist beautifully expresses…to support his dream of contributing to the world. \n \n Thanks to Humans of New York for sharing these stories. Thanks to the team at CrowdRise for putting this together and figuring out how to get even the credit card transaction fees covered so we can get the maximum to the family. \n \n Thanks to everyone who rallies together to create the power of the crowd. If enough of us kick in the price of two frappucinos, we can probably transform the experience of this family and show them that life can deliver healing and kindness, not just heartbreak. \n \n Thanks to Benevolent, all donations are tax-deductible. We will work with Benevolent to use all donated funds to help this family and will seek to use any excess or unused funds to help the other 11 profiled in the HONY ‘Syrian American’ series. \n \n Edward Norton ||||| DETROIT, MI -- Moved to tears by a Humans of New York feature on a Syrian refugee fleeing to Metro Detroit, Hollywood actor Edward Norton launched an online fundraiser that had raised nearly $450,000 for the widower and his four children as of Thursday afternoon. \n \n \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" the man told NBC News after hearing about the fundraiser's success. \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me.\" \n \n The man asked NBC to refer to him as \"Abu Ammar,\" a fake named used to protect his relatives who remain in Syria. He's known to many on the Internet simply as \"The Scientist,\" which is also his profession. \n \n The refugee's family was scheduled to arrive in Troy, a Detroit suburb, Thursday. He and four surviving children spent the last two years in Instanbul, Turkey. They fled civil-war-torn Syria after the man's wife and one of his daughters were killed in a missile attack on April 6, 2013. \n \n His is one of 12 families featured by Humans of New York and cleared to resettle in the U.S. \n \n \"I learned today that I'm going to Troy, Michigan,\" the man told Humans of New York. \"I know nothing about it. I just hope that it's safe and that it's a place where they respect science. I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don't want the world to think I'm over. I'm still here.\" \n \n The story made rounds throughout the Internet and even garnered a response from President Barack Obama's official Facebook page: \n \n As a husband and a father, I cannot even begin to imagine the loss you've endured. You and your family are an inspiration. I know that the great people of Michigan will embrace you with the compassion and support you deserve. Yes, you can still make a difference in the world, and we're proud that you'll pursue your dreams here. Welcome to your new home. You're part of what makes America great. \n \n ,Norton, known for his roles in movies like \"Fight Club\" and \"Birdman,\" wrote in the description of his online fundraiser: \n \n If we don't welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we're not the country we tell ourselves we are. Let's reject the 'anti-human' voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of. Let's show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life. \n \n (6/7) “I had no problems before the bombing. I think the cancer came from my sadness and my stress. It’s in my... Posted by Humans of New York on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 ||||| ISTANBUL — The grieving refugee who touched hearts as \"The Scientist\" on the Humans of New York blog only mustered a brief smile when told that a Hollywood star had helped raise $450,000 for him. \n \n Hours before flying to Michigan to start a new life in the U.S. on Thursday, the cancer-stricken Syrian civil engineer glanced down. \n \n \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" he said after NBC News revealed the crowdfunding appeal. Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton was moved to tears after reading the refugee's biography on the photography site last week and launched the fundraiser. \n \n \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me,\" The Scientist said, displaying the sort of compassion and humility that helped his story go viral. \n \n The Scientist, who asked NBC News to refer to him as \"Abu Ammar\" to protect family in Syria, said his life was shattered by a bomb that killed his wife and daughter just under three years ago. \n \n He was later diagnosed with stomach cancer, and has had to care for five remaining children. \n \n They include a teenage son, who is still reeling after watching his mother die, and a daughter who carries inside of her shrapnel from the attack on April 6, 2013. \n \n \"When a bomb drops you don't know where it comes from,\" he said. \"There is no question our lives changed after that ... 180 degrees. I am mentally tired, in overwhelming sadness.\" \n \n “ As long as there are good people in the world … then we can stop this bloodshed” \n \n On Thursday, Abu Ammar and four of his children flew to Troy, Michigan, as part of a United Nations refugee resettlement program. \n \n For about two years, the family had been living close to destitution in Turkey. But the drive to succeed still lingers, Abu Ammar said. \n \n \"I've had ambitions since I was a child, and right now I'm still that same child with the same ambitions,\" he said. \"But I still have a message — sometimes when I'm talking to myself I say, 'No, I'm not supposed to die. I need to live long enough to realize my message to humanity.'\" \n \n Abu Ammar's story on Humans of New York, a popular blog started in 2010 that spawned a bestselling book, prompted an outpouring of compassion. Even President Barack Obama contributed, calling Abu Ammar and his family an \"inspirations\" on HONY's Facebook page. \n \n \"Yes, you can still make a difference in the world, and we're proud that you'll pursue your dreams here.\" Obama wrote. \"Welcome to your new home. You're part of what makes America great.\" \n \n Last night President @BarackObama wrote a very sweet welcome note to the scientist in Tuesday's story. pic.twitter.com/ZGrn3gOdR7 — Brandon Stanton (@humansofny) December 10, 2015 \n \n Norton, who starred in \"Birdman,\" \"Fight Club\" and \"American History X,\" set out to help pay The Scientist's medical expenses. \n \n \"This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people and yet he still passionately wants a chance to contribute positively to the world,\" Norton wrote. \n \n The resettlement of Syrian and Muslim refugees in the United States is controversial, especially in the aftermath of attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris and San Bernardino. Some politicians — notably GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump — have called for a ban on Muslims entering the country. \n \n Abu Ammar told NBC News he didn't know anything about the debate over Muslims and immigration raging in the U.S. He also didn't have a solution to the war raging in his home country. \n \n \"I don't like to get into politics because I am a man of science, and I can separate science and politics completely,\" he said. \"But as long as there are good people in the world, and everyone looks into his or her conscience, then we can stop this bloodshed.\" \n \n Abu Ammar added: \"No one benefits from people dying, and wars overall never benefit anybody — so let's hope God can help everyone and put out this fire.\" |||||\nSolution: A Syrian refugee whose moving story went viral earlier this month starts his new life in Troy, Michigan, on Thursday, NBC News reports. The refugee—who wants to keep his real name out of the media to protect family members still in Syria—is known as \"The Scientist\" on the blog Humans of New York, where he was first profiled. \"I learned today that I’m going to Troy, Michigan,\" The Scientist told HONY. \"I know nothing about it. I just hope that it’s safe and that it’s a place where they respect science.\" According to MLive, The Scientist left Syria in 2013 after a bomb killed his wife and one of his daughters. Since then, he's been diagnosed with stomach cancer and was barely scraping by in Turkey. Despite being \"in overwhelming sadness,\" he and his surviving children are hoping for a new start in the US, he tells NBC. Thanks to his story—which even got the attention of President Obama—The Scientist will have some help to get that new start. NBC reports actor Edward Norton was moved to tears after reading The Scientist's story and started a crowdfunding page that has raised nearly $450,000. \"I didn't hear about it, but I want to thank him very much from the humanity perspective,\" The Scientist says. \"There are people outside who need that money much more than me.\" A Michigan college student was also inspired to help after hearing The Scientist would be moving to his hometown, according to USA Today. His fundraising page has raised more than $16,000. \"I’d say out of all the cities in Michigan, Troy is the best place to raise a family, be a scientist, and we can’t wait to have him,\" Daniel Kang says.\nReason: This is a good example. The output correctly summarizes the articles.\n\nNow, solve this instance: Lightning strikes have killed 56 people over the past two days, triggering a panic among some people, Bangladesh authorities said Saturday. \n \n After a nearly weeklong heat wave scorched Bangladesh, thunderstorms hit the country’s 14 districts Thursday. The storm produced lightning strikes that killed at least 33 people. Another series of lightning strikes Friday killed at least 23 other people. \n \n The lightning strikes also injured scores of other people in the past two days. \n \n Most of the people who died or were injured across the country were working in farmlands or were in open spaces when they were struck, police said. \n \n Seasonal weather \n \n Deaths caused by lightning strike often occur during the premonsoon season -- usually between March and May -- and often in rural areas where people work outdoors. \n \n Pabna police officer Abul Hossain told VOA that eight people in Pabna district alone were killed by lightning strikes, adding that the number of people killed in such a short time \"has left many people panicking.\" \n \n Last year, 51 people were killed by lightning. \n \n But there have already been 90 deaths -- including the 56 killed in the past two days -- caused by lightning since March this year. \n \n Mohammad Riaz Ahmed, who heads Bangladesh's disaster management department, said the authorities were concerned with the unusual number of deaths so far this year. \n \n Ahmed said Friday that lightning strikes peak in May in Bangladesh. With more thunderstorms predicted by the end of the month, \"we are indeed concerned,” he added. \n \n Some experts also noted that a change in climate temperature might have triggered an increase in the frequency of lightning strikes in Bangladesh. \n \n \"As we have recorded, the lightning frequency has been increasing gradually since 1981, due to climate variability and increase in temperature. The temperature in the country marked a significant rise this year, which is apparently the cause behind the increased incidents of lightning,\" said M. Abdul Mannan, a meteorology department official in Dhaka. \n \n Factors \n \n Gawher Nayeem Wahr, member-secretary of the Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Forum, said the decreasing number of tall trees has a role in the increase in number of people being injured or killed by lightning strikes. \n \n “Palm and other taller trees usually attract the lightning flashes. But with these trees becoming scarce in rural areas\" people are more prone to be hit, Wahr said. \n \n Ahmed, of the country's disaster management department, said the high number of deaths has forced the country to consider the event a natural disaster. \n \n “We will make all efforts, consulting our scientists and other disaster management experts so that lightning strikes cannot be a that big threat in Bangladesh,\" he said. ||||| U.S. Lightning Deaths in 2018: 2 \n \n No. Date Day ST City Age Sex Location Activity Victim 1 2/6 Tue TX Honey Island 22 M Outside Repairing fencing Sebastian Ramos 2 4/7 Sat FL White Springs 23 F Standing near tree under gooseneck of trailer Mud bogging Kourtney Lambert Lightning Fatalities 2018 by State 2018 Lightning Fatality Demographics State Gender Age* Day Of Week* By Month FL 1 F 1 (50%) 0-9 0 (0%) Sun 0 (0%) 2018 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 10 Yr Avg TX 1 M 1 (50%) 10-19 0 (0%) Mon 0 (0%) Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20-29 2 (100%) Tue 1 (50%) Feb 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30-39 0 (0%) Wed 0 (0%) Mar 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 40-49 0 (0%) Thu 0 (0%) Apr 1** 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 50-59 0 (0%) Fri 0 (0%) May 2 1 4 5 5 0 1 4 2 2 3 60-69 0 (0%) Sat 1 (50%) Jun 1 4 11 3 2 3 5 7 12 9 7 70-79 0 (0%) Jul 8 12 5 9 6 13 9 11 10 14 10 80-89 0 (0%) Aug 3 13 4 5 4 6 6 4 3 0 5 Sep 2 3 1 3 5 2 4 2 4 1 3 Oct 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 Nov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 1 0 0 0 0 0 Year 2** 16 39 27 26 23 28 26 29 34 28 28* * *Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100 percent. ** Known Fatalities to date Note: Monthly averages are based on a 10-year average from 2007 to 2016. Due to rounding, the sum of the monthly averages may not equal the yearly average. \n \n \n \n \n \n Fatality statistics for past years \n \n |||||\nStudent:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "More than 60 people have been killed by lightning over the past two days during tropical storms across Bangladesh, local media said Saturday. Most of the 64 lightning deaths since Thursday have occurred in the countryside, where farmers are busy with the current harvesting season, Bengali-language newspapers Prothom Alo and Samakal reported, per the AP. Experts say increased deforestation, increased use of metal equipment like cellphones, and rising temperatures have contributed to a surge in lightning deaths that has caused panic in some areas. Most of the victims were farmer working in their fields, though children playing in the open and spectators at a soccer game have also died in lightning strikes. Mohammad Riaz Ahmed, chief of Bangladesh's disaster management department, tells Voice of America that authorities are \"very concerned\" by the number of lightning deaths. More than 90 have died so far this year and the storm season hasn't peaked yet. In the US, there were 27 recorded lightning deaths in 2015 and there have been five so far this year, according to the NOAA. (NASA has named a new lightning capital of the world.)", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: OPTIONS:\n- take care of them\n- treat Jim's cancer\n- take photographs\n- fix Josie's wedding\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: \"Josie Metz's father won't live long enough to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.But thanks to photographer Lindsey Villatoro,the 11-year-old girl was able to experience what it might be like anyway. Her father, Jim,62,had already been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when he and his wife.Grace,hired Villatoro--a photographer.Two years ago,Villatoro began offering photography sessions for people with serious illnesses to document their journeys and was hired by the Metz family.\"I try to really showcase the person for who they are and not the illness,\"she told The Huffington Post during a phone conversation Tuesday afternoon. Villatoro went to Jim and Grace's home for a shoot and offered to do one with their young daughter,Josie.After she left,she posted about the family on her website to get gift donations for the girl to help make her last birthday with her father memorable.But she decided to take a step further as a surprise and dreamed up the idea of a wedding for the girl--complete with,flowers,desserts,a promise ring and a dress from L.A.Fashion Week--so that her father could walk her down the aisle.\" For today,appreciate those you love.Give them lots of hugs and be grateful they are in your life.You never know what can happen.Say more\"I Love Yous\"and show more appreciation for all of your friends and family.Appreciate the blessings you have.I'm going to hug my husband Rich more today,call my Dad,call my friend in NC,and give lots of kitty hugs to my pets.Hugs to all of you--I appreciate you all so much and am grateful to have you in my life every single Day! Question: Villatoro was hired by Josie's parents to _ . Answer:\nAnswer: take photographs\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- everyone has to forget the sad thing\n- grandparents won't be frightened by children's mistakes\n- those who often lie to others will become the devil\n- one should be brave to admit his mistakes\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse ,he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck in the head and killed it. He was shocked! In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch the next day Grandma said, \"Sally, let's wash the dishes\". But Sally said, \"Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen. \"Then she whispered to him, \"Remember the duck?\" So Johnny did the dishes. Every time Grandma asked Sally to do some housework, she will repeat the same story. After several days of Johnny doing both his work and Sally's, he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma gave him a hug and said, \"Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you. \" In our daily life, whatever we do, God is always standing at the window and he sees the whole thing. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you. The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, he not only forgives you, but also he forgets. Question: From the story we can learn that _ . Answer:\nAnswer: one should be brave to admit his mistakes\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- keep taking exercises every day\n- avoid an unhealthy diet\n- try to lose weight\n- make a diet plan\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: When it comes to feeling better about yourself,nothing will help you like healthy eating.Controlling what you eat is a big factor in how you look and feel.If you think about it,so much of how we behave,how we feel,and how our bodies perform is based on what we put into them. The old saying \"You Are What You Eat\" is actually true.The problem is that a lot of mainstream diet books you might find in your local bookstore or online are trying to sell you diet plans that don't work and that might even make you sick. Healthy eating is great for your body.It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.Many people don't realize just how good healthy food is for them.By eating great foods that are natural and healthy,you can lose weight.You can also have a lot more energy.So you shouldn't just think of healthy eating as a way to burn fat,but you should also think of it as a way to get your life back in order. You can spend more time with your family and get more work done because you will have more energy.You will be impressed by how much better you'll feel by putting nutritious,natural foods into your body.Your look will be better.You'll have more energy,and you'll be happier. The important thing to remember when it comes to eating healthy is to not fall for any tricks.There are a lot of people out there looking to make quick money.They will tell you just something so they can sell a book or a video.What you need is to trust a diet plan that is right for your body.Educate yourself about your own body type.Find out what kinds of foods are best for you.If the diet book you trust doesn't teach you these important factors,then you might be reading bad information. Question: In the author's opinion, if you want to feel better about yourself, you should _ . Answer:\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "avoid an unhealthy diet", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Does your love life need a wingman?\n\n(LifeWire) -- Many men are not natural-born charmers when it comes to talking to women they find attractive. It's hard work sounding witty and engaging when you're fighting back nerves.\n\nSome men need a bit of help in finding dates.\n\nOne thing that can assist a socially shaky bachelor is a wingman -- another man who provides support and cover the way Navy fighter pilots protected each other in the 1986 film \"Top Gun,\" which is credited with popularizing the term.\n\nAs Mystery, the self-styled Casanova and host of the VH1 show \"The Pickup Artist\" explains, a wingman can help attract a woman at a bar or a club -- he's someone who will talk you up, make the introduction and even help you get her phone number.\n\nBut not every guy is well-suited for being a wingman, says Ron Geraci, 37, a New York City-based relationships expert and author of \"The Bachelor Chronicles.\" Here is a checklist of qualities to look for in an effective wingman -- and a few tips on which buddies to avoid.\n\n1. You're the man, and don't you forget it. The wingman's primary job is to assist you, not be the center of attention.\n\n\"You want your wingman to be somebody who makes you feel like you're a really successful, fun person,\" says Geraci. Your wingman should make you feel like chatting up the woman of your dreams is not out of reach.\n\nBut beware the pal with an overt salesman pitch -- women can smell a guy on the prowl.\n\n2. You are your wingman. Pick your company wisely -- if you're hanging out with an unsavory crowd, most women will assume you're just like them. Going out with a group of wingmen, for example, is a tricky bet.\n\n\"The problem with groups is that there is a much greater potential for someone to make an ass of themselves, and that sullies you,\" says Geraci.\n\nBoozy buddies from your fraternity days, womanizing misogynists and lewd joke-tellers are red-flag candidates -- you don't want to spend the majority of your conversation apologizing for your drunken friend's behavior. Moreover, having a group of single guys as your wingmen increases the chances of competition instead of support.\n\nYour best bet for wingman is anyone who will not be directly vying for the pilot's seat, such as men already in a relationship, or women. In fact, a woman can be one of the most effective wingmen for a bachelor, Geraci says.\n\n\"If you are there with a stunning woman, other women will gauge your mate value from that.\" Web sites like Wingwomen.com, which pairs struggling bachelors with female wingmen, attest to the power of female help.\n\n3. Be on the same page. If you're seeking a woman with long-term potential, avoid employing a wingman whose dating philosophy is significantly less mature than yours. While it's imperative that your wingman be your biggest fan, he shouldn't have an \"us versus them\" mentality or encourage one-night stands.\n\n4. Channel Oprah. All conversations inevitably hit dry spots, especially when both parties have only been introduced moments beforehand. When you're at a loss for words, that's when a smooth-talking wingman needs to pick up the slack. The most effective wingmen are personable and able to converse on a variety of topics with ease.\n\n5. No backseat bachelors. A wingman's purpose is to help you approach women, not to serve his needs.\n\n\"You don't want a wingman who's an opportunist,\" Geraci says. \"They have to have your best interest in mind and know how to get scarce when they need to be.\" That means when the bachelor is ready to fly solo, the wingman should be prepared to bail out. E-mail to a friend\n\nLifeWire provides original and syndicated lifestyle content to Web publishers. Jocelyn Voo is a freelance journalist and relationships editor at the New York Post.\n\nAll About Romance • Relationships\n\nSummary: Many men are not natural-born charmers when it comes to talking to women they find attractive. It's hard work sounding witty and engaging when you're fighting back nerves.\n\n\n10 Ideas That Make A Difference\n\nIn the days of the Arab Spring, we were all intoxicated by the sight of millions gathered in public squares to protest dictatorial governments. We hoped this would culminate in liberal democracy in the Arab world. Two years later, it’s clear the prospects in the region are mixed. It turns out the key is not people power but paper power; the focus should be less on elections and more on constitutions.\n\nThis should have been clear to anyone who looked at the history of transitions to democracy. While many former Eastern Bloc countries have become liberal democracies, the 15 former Soviet republics have not fared as well. Nine are dictatorships, and the other three — Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova — are, in the words of Stanford scholar Larry Diamond, “illiberal, even questionably democratic and unstable.”\n\nWhy? There is a vigorous academic debate about the conditions that allow democracy to flourish. The most powerful single correlation remains one first made by the social scientist Seymour Martin Lipset, who pointed out in 1959 that “the more well-to-do a nation, the greater the chances that it will sustain democracy.” But there are other intriguing correlations. Countries in Europe, even relatively poor ones, have done better than others. Former British colonies have done better than those of other countries.\n\n(MORE: Zakaria: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East)\n\nAlong with several others, I have argued that countries with strong traditions of the rule of law tend to develop a democratic culture that also protects individual rights. In the West, for example, legal protections for life, liberty and property developed in the 17th and 18th centuries. Only much later came universal adult suffrage. Liberty preceded democracy, not the other way around. What distinguishes the U.S. is not how democratic it is but rather how undemocratic it is, with an unelected Supreme Court, a Senate that is one of the two least representative upper legislative bodies in the world and a Constitution and Bill of Rights that expressly limit the power of a democratically elected government.\n\nPoor developing countries should place an even greater weight on the rule of law. It’s crucial that before the first elections, before politicians gain enormous legitimacy through the polls, a system be put in place that limits governmental power and protects individual liberty and the rights of minorities.\n\nIn Iraq and Egypt, people power took precedence over paper power. Occupation authorities in Iraq were forced to hold early elections that empowered Shi‘ite religious parties with ties to Iran and an appetite for authoritarianism. In Egypt the best-organized (though not overwhelmingly popular) political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, won at the polls and seems uninterested in genuine liberal democracy.\n\n(MORE: Who’s Afraid of the Egyptian Constitution?)\n\nCompare those misfortunes with those of two small Arab monarchies: Morocco and Jordan. In 2011 both countries enacted constitutional reforms that transferred some of the King’s powers to an elected legislature. National elections in both countries have brought Islamists to the forefront, but they must share power and exist within a system that respects certain rights and rules. Of course, both countries remain authoritarian — but if they keep moving forward on reforms, they might end up providing their citizens with stability, the rule of law and finally liberal democracy.\n\nThe lessons of the past suggest that the next country moving from dictatorship to democracy should first work to get its constitution right and only then hold elections. After all, the U.S. ratified its constitution in 1788; only after that, nearly a year later, came its first presidential election.\n\nSummary:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "They can be as huge as a new constitution or as tiny as a medical microchip. In this special report, TIME explores innovations that are changing the way we work, live, pray and play", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A famous foreign company that invested in China wanted to employ a reception secretary for its public relation department. A beautiful girl with a master degree in electric engineering became a winning candidate through the difficult process of employment. At its last stage she faced an oral test together with another girl who was her equal not only in good looks but also in education standard. The girl we talk about was confident in herself and successful in the oral test. It seemed that she would get the chance. The examiner told her on behalf of the company that she could come to office of company next Monday as a new employee. At last he asked her, \"Have you anything else to say? Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl was quite at a loss, saying with hesitation ,\"\"I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer.\"Surprised, the examiner said calmly,\"In that case, let's wait till you are ready.\" The next day the girl came to tell that her parents agreed to her beginning work next Monday. But the examiner said regretfully,\"Sorry, the job position is filled by another suitable candidate. You had better have a try in another place.\"The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told,\"What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.\" That was how a good opportunity slipped away right under the nose of a beautiful girl.\nA: Question: What did the examiner value most?Options:A One's beautiful looks.B One's knowledge.C One's young age.D One's independence.Answer:D\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Washington post - NASA's newest space habitat looks sort of like a kids' moon bonce, a big, bright, inflatable globe that could be lots of fun to play in. Soon astronauts on the International Space Station could get the chance to try . The expandable habitat made by Bigelow Aerospace recently passed NASA's strict certification requirements and is scheduled to be flown to the station in September. Called the BEAM ( Bigelow Expandable Activity Module), the habitat would be attached to the space station, where it would stay for two years. While there, it would be tested to see how it handles the _ of space - the radiation, the station's movement and even how it stands up to the debris flying around in orbit. The private Las Vegas company, founded by millionaire real estate mogul Robert Bigelow, won a $17.8 million contract from NASA to provide the module to the space station. \"Today is the first step, but it's a big step,\" said Bigelow's George Zamka. Replace the space station or make it larger. It also hopes to build the habitats on the moon. Its B330 module would be even bigger, with 330 cubic meters of internal ( ) space. The modules could be connected. Creating research facilities, the company says, or even space hotels. In an interview ,NASA's William Gerstenmaier, said he was eager to see how the module performs , and said he was especially pleased \" to see how the private sector can step up and help us meet our requirements.\" The module will be flown to the space station by SpaceX, the first commercial company to resupply the space station.\nAnswer: Question: The passage is most probably taken from _ .Options:A a newspaperB a bookletC a magazineD a science fictionAnswer:A\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Our surroundings are being polluted faster than nature and man's present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials. What can explain and solve this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man--by his desire for a modern way of life. We make \"increasing industrialization\" our chief aim. So we are often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the benefits of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem. Isn't it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going--and why? It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker, \"I've some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we're making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we're lost and don't know where we're going.\" The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when spoken of our modern society.\n****\n[A]: Question: People crowd into the cities because _ .Options:A they want very much to find well-paid jobsB they are anxious to enjoy the achievements of our societyC they have become tired of their homelandD they have a strong wish to become industrial workersAnswer:B\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Interest in searching for international careers has increased to a high level in recent years, improved by lasting personnel shortages that are causing companies to search beyond their home borders for talent. Professionals seek career experience outside of their home countries for a variety of reasons. They may feel the need to recharge their batteries with a new challenge. They may want a position with more responsibility that encourages creativity and initiative . Or they may wish to expose their children to another culture, and the opportunity to learn a second language. When applying for a job, one usually has to hand in a resume or curriculum vitae (CV). The two terms generally mean the same thing: one or two pages describing one's educational qualifications and professional experience. However, guidelines for preparing a resume are constantly changing. The best advice is to find out what is suitable regarding the corporation culture, the country culture, and the culture of the person making the hiring decision. The challenge will be to include two or more cultures in one page. The following list is a good place to start. * Educational requirements differ from country to country. In almost every case of 'crossborder' job hunting, just stating the title of your degree will not be an adequate description. Provide the reader with details about your studies and any related experience. * Pay attention to the resume way you use: chronological or reversechronological order. Chronological order means listing your 'oldest' work experience first. Reversechronological order means listing your current or most recent experience first. Most countries have preferences about which way is most acceptable. If you find no specific guidelines, the general preference is for the reversechronological way. * If you hand in your resume in English, find out if the recipient uses British English or American English because there are differences between the two versions. For example, university education is often referred to as...\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: When writing about qualifications, people are advised to _ .Options:A stress their academic potential to impress the decision makerB give the title of the university degree they have earned at homeC provide a detailed description of their study and work experiencesD highlight their special interest in a 'crossborder' careerAnswer:C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There is one language, and people, young and old , men and women, use it very often, in every country in the world. It is everyone's second language . You can't hear it, but it is very easy to understand . It is sign ( )language. When you wave to a friend in the street, you are using sign language. When you put up your hand in class, you are saying \"Please ask me, I think I know the right answer\". When a police officer wants to stop cars or buses, he puts up his hand. He's using sign language. Churchill's famous \"V for Victory \"is also sign language. Sign language is useful in quite places full of noise . Even when you are swimming with your friends , you can have a talk under water. Question: You can't hear sign language because it's _ language. Options: A: a difficult B: not a C: an easy D: not a spoken\nB\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: This is No. 12 High School. My friend Dongdong is in this school. Dongdong has short hair, a big nose, a small mouth and big eyes. He is thirteen. He is in Class Two, Grade Seven. He's a good student. He has two good friends in his school. They are Jim and Jack. They're brothers . They are fourteen. They have small noses, small eyes, but they're very tall . Jim, Jack and Dongdong are in the same class. Mr. Lee is their teacher. They are good friends. ,. (10) Question: Mr. Lee is _ . Options: A: Jack's brother B: Dongdong's brother C: Dongdong's teacher D: Jin's brother\nC\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There once lived a young man who thought himself to be poor. One day he went to a wise man to ask how to become rich. The wise man said, \"Young man, you are already rich now.\" \"But where is my wealth?\" the young man asked. \"It is with you. Your eyes are your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the beautiful things in this world. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your legs are your wealth. You can go to any place...\" the wise man said. \"You call these wealth? But everyone has them,\" the young man said. \"These are wealth. What you have now is not what someone else can luckily have. Would you like to give your eyes to me? I'd like to give you a lot of money to exchange for them,\" the wise man said. \"No, I'm not going to do so! My eyes are important to me!\" the young man said. Everyone is rich. We should treasure our wealth, and take care of it. We should not overuse it because once it is gone, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose. Question: The wise man called _ wealth. Options: A: the young man's eyes B: the young man's eyes, hands and legs C: what someone else luckily have D: our treasure\nA: B\nQuestion: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: There is an Asian American basketball player in the NBA. Do you know who he is? Yes, he is Lin Shuhao. His English name is Jeremy Lin. He is another basketball star after Yao Ming. So many people call him the second Yao Ming. But he doesn't like it. In the 1970s, his family moved to America from Taiwan, China. He is twenty-five years old. His elder brother is Josh and Joseph is his younger brother. He studied at Harvard University from the year 2006 to the year 2010. His father, a fan of the NBA, taught him to play basketball when he was young. Now Lin Shuhao plays for the Houston Rocket. He works hard and plays very well. Now he is popular with many people. ,. (1,5) Question: Many people likes him because _ . Options: A: he looks like Yao Ming B: he works hard and plays basketball very well C: he is tall and looks good D: he graduated from the famous Harvard University.\nAnswer: B\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: There is a one-day holiday in most western countries on New Year's Day. The real celebration begins on New Year's Eve-the night before New Year's Day. There are several interesting customs in the west, and there are many differences in different countries. Though Christmas is a good time for families to get together, New Year's Day is a time for some western people to be with friends. On New Year's Day, there are always parties. At such parties, there is food, drinks and dances until New Year comes At midnight, people often say \"Happy New Year! \"to each other. In many western countries, _ are let off at midnight and some people like to shout aloud to drive away evil spirits. Question: People begin to have great celebrations for the New Year on _ . Options: A: New Year's Day B: the night before New Year's Eve C: the night of New Year's Day D: New Year's Eve\n**Answer**\nD\n(Question)\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: To write a great news story , you have to make sure it is correct , relevant and fresh.. For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts. Any mistakes that appear in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble. For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong. He wasn't the first. The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake. A news story is not only correct ,but also relevant to its readers . People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them . That is why you care more about what happens at your school that at American schools. It is also why newspapers in Beijing don 't talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong. Finally, news must always be fresh . When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day. You don't want to read about news from last week ! So, now you know what makes a good news story . Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news .you can try writing a news story for our newspaper like a real reporter. Question: According to the writer, newspaper in Zhejiang should talk much about news in _ Options: A: Zhejiang B: Hong Kong. C: Shanghai. D: Beijing.\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token \"|||||\". Your task is to summarize them.\n\nEx Input:\n(CNN) The family of a Mexican national fatally shot by police in Pasco, Washington, has filed a $25 million claim against the city alleging that three officers killed the unarmed man \"execution style.\" \n \n Antonio Zambrano-Montes, 35, was shot by police Tuesday after he allegedly hurled rocks at vehicles and Pasco officers. \n \n The city and the police department weren't commenting on the claim, Pasco City Manager Dave Zabell said Saturday. \n \n The case is attracting attention because a video posted on YouTube shows Zambrano running across a street with police in pursuit before he was fatally shot. The shooting has sparked local protests and anger at what some say is another example of police brutality and excessive force against an unarmed man who is a minority. \n \n Zambrano-Montes' widow, Teresa De Jesus Meraz Ruiz, 32, and the couple's two minor daughters accused three Pasco officers in \"the murder\" of Zambrano-Montes, according to the claim filed Friday. \n \n Antonio Zambrano-Montes \n \n One officer, Ryan Flanagan, \"has a prior history of official misconduct in civil rights matters,\" the claim alleges. The other two officers are Adam Wright and Adrian Alaniz, the claim said. \n \n Flanagan is a nine-year veteran; Wright, a firearms instructor with eight years' experience; and Alaniz, an officer with two years on the job, officials said. \n \n Mexican diplomat concerned \n \n Meanwhile, the Mexican consul in Seattle, Eduardo Baca, wrote a letter Thursday to Police Chief Robert Metzger expressing \"deep concern over the unwarranted use of lethal force against an unarmed Mexican national by police officers.\" \n \n JUST WATCHED Police shooting sparks outrage Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Police shooting sparks outrage 01:53 \n \n Baca asked for a thorough investigation \"in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs provision, to which both Mexico and the United States are parties.\" \n \n On Friday, Metzger wrote a letter to Baca stating that the Pasco department and other law agencies are investigating \"the circumstances surrounding the incident.\" \n \n When a Tri-City Special Investigations Unit completes its inquiry, the report will be forwarded to the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, Metzger wrote. \n \n Police have alleged that Zambrano-Montes was throwing rocks at cars and trucks when he was confronted by officers. Officers attempted \"voice commands and low level force,\" and used a Taser, police said, but those efforts were unsuccessful. \n \n After two officers were struck with rocks -- at least one of them as large as a softball -- police said the officers resorted to deadly force. \n \n Didn't understand English \n \n Zambrano-Montes's family have told reporters he wouldn't have been able to understand the commands. \n \n \"He didn't understand English and they were talking to him in English,\" one cousin said. \"Why not get a Hispanic officer?\" \n \n The incident began, according to the claim, on Tuesday about 5 p.m. when Zambrano-Montes was suspected of throwing rocks. \n \n A very brief encounter occurred between Zambrano-Montes and police, \"during which the officers may have tried to taser\" him, the claim said. \n \n Zambrano-Montes separated from the officer and walked away from them in the crosswalk, the claim said. \n \n \"He had his back to the officers,\" the claim said. \"At this point, the officers started shooting at Mr. Zambrano-Montes. \n \n \"After Mr. Zambrano-Montes reached the other side of the street and got on the sidewalk, he continued to walk away from the officers with his hands out where they could be seen, again showing that he had no knife, no gun or nothing else in his hands that would cause a threat to the three officers who were then lined up on the sidewalk behind ... Antonio Zambrano-Montes,\" the claim alleges. \n \n \"As Mr. Zambrano-Montes turned toward the officers, all three officers fired multiple rounds, killing Antonio Zambrano-Montes on the sidewalk in front of numerous businesses,\" the claim alleges. \n \n \"At the time that he was shot and killed, execution style, by the three officers named herein, in broad daylight, and with no knife or firearm in his hands, and for the conduct of throwing rocks at an earlier time, Mr. Zambrano-Montes posed no danger to the three officers, such that they were justified in the use of deadly force...\" the claim said. \n \n JUST WATCHED Mayor: Antonio Martin is not Michael Brown Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Mayor: Antonio Martin is not Michael Brown 04:06 \n \n The claim accuses the police of assault, battery, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, wrongful death and civil rights violations. \n \n Police-involved shootings \n \n The claim said the incident was the third fatal shooting by a Pasco officer \"in a very short period of time,\" and accused the city of \"retaining officers who had a proven history of violation of civil rights against the Latino/Hispanic community\" and \"allowing and fostering overt racial (animus) towards the Hispanic/Latino community within the Pasco Police Department.\" \n \n Zambrano-Montes's shooting death was the fourth fatal officer-involved shooting in Pasco in the past seven months, said city spokesman Jon Funfar. One of those shootings, however, involved a deputy from Benton County, although Pasco is in Franklin County, Funfar said. According to the Tri-City Herald, officers were cleared in the other three shootings. \n \n The coroner said his office would conduct a separate inquest in the Zambrano-Montes case with six community members, once the law enforcement investigation is complete. \n \n The family's attorney, George Trejo, said supporters were scheduled to march Saturday from a park to City Hall and the police department. \n \n On Wednesday, about 100 protesters marched outside Pasco City Hall, with some chanting \"It was only a rock,\" CNN affiliate KEPR reported. \n \n The shooting comes in a period of strained police-community relations following the police-involved deaths last summer of Eric Garner , 43, on Staten Island in New York and Michael Brown , 18, in Ferguson, Missouri. \n \n JUST WATCHED Shooting of Tamir Rice ruled a homicide Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Shooting of Tamir Rice ruled a homicide 02:27 \n \n The medical examiner ruled Garner's July 17 death a homicide due to compression of his neck and chest when he was taken down by an officer using a chokehold. His death sparked street protests, a review of police procedures and calls for a federal civil rights investigation. A grand jury declined to prosecute Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the case. \n \n A few weeks later, Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson shot Brown after an altercation in the street. \n \n The death of Brown, who was unarmed, thrust into the forefront the issue of law enforcement's use of deadly force. A grand jury declined to prosecute Wilson, a decision that led to national demonstrations. ||||| Photo Advertisement Continue reading the main story \n \n PASCO, Wash. — A protest held here Saturday over the police killing of a Mexican-born apple picker had the air of a mournful family picnic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About 500 people gathered at a park to protest the death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, 35, who was killed Tuesday after three officers chased him through a busy intersection with their guns drawn. As he turned to face them, raising his arms, he was felled by their bullets. \n \n According to police reports, Mr. Zambrano-Montes had been throwing rocks at cars and officers. \n \n His death was caught on video by a bystander and the footage has been widely disseminated on social media, fueling anger among the mainly Hispanic population of this quiet agricultural hub in southern Washington State, and drawing comparisons to the shooting of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Mo. \n \n “What happened could have happened to any family, to my family,” said Maria de los Angeles Perez, 42, who had come from nearby Kennewick to show her support. She began to cry softly as she signaled to her two sons, Santiago and Samuel. \n \n Mr. Zambrano-Montes’s family has settled in the region — many came here more than a decade ago to gather apples and asparagus in local fields. Dozens of cousins, aunts and neighbors attended the event. “We cannot count on a just government,” said one cousin, Rosa Cisneros-Zambrano, 50, in an interview before the protest. “Only on a just God.” \n \n Supporters held signs in English and Spanish, urging officers to “use your training not your guns” and calling for “protection, not intimidation.” One man, taking the microphone, yelled into the crowd “We are all Antonio.” \n \n But the protest held less vitriol than those that roiled Ferguson in the days after Mr. Brown’s death. Leaders here called for peace and demanded that protesters remove masks. The event was capped by a performance from a man named Fermin Cruz, 42, who strummed a guitar and sang a song called “El Inmigrante,” about a man who wished he were a tree, so he would never have had to leave his homeland. As he sang, many women held each other. \n \n Also at the protest was a group of four people who had come to show support for the Pasco police and set up folding chairs at the edge of the gathering. \n \n The group included Kenneth Taylor, 60, a retired police officer whose partner was killed during a traffic stop. “Social media has the tendency to incite people,” he said, adding that people should wait until a full investigation had been conducted before drawing conclusions about whether the shooting was lawful. \n \n “What’s upset me is the immediate conviction.” \n \n Police departments in the area have been involved in four other fatal shootings in the last seven months, and this one has drawn national attention to police practices in the Tri-Cities area, a group of municipalities with a population of about 250,000. \n \n The Pasco Police Department, in conjunction with neighboring departments, will conduct an investigation to determine whether charges should be brought against the officers. They have been placed on leave, pending the outcome. \n \n The coroner of Franklin County has said that he will order an inquest into the killing, a rare move that will allow a jury of six to determine whether the killing was justified. \n \n City officials chose not to participate in the demonstration — they did, however, listen to the protesters. \n \n Mid-protest, Dave Zabell, the city manager, was standing at the border of the gathering, dressed in khaki colors. He could hear voices booming over the microphone — and he commended residents for their measured response to the killing. “They’re trusting the process,” he said. ||||| But here in Pasco, a city of 68,000 that is 56 percent Hispanic, the public killing has pierced the immigrant enclave, spurring protests that have attracted hundreds and highlighting a division between the city’s increasingly Latino populace and its power structure — the police, the city government — which remains largely white. \n \n Advertisement Continue reading the main story \n \n While many Hispanics have found work and stable, if not particularly affluent, lives here, the killing has drawn attention to their lack of clout. And, as with blacks in Ferguson, it has intensified feelings among Hispanics that they remain second-tier residents, despite their deep roots here, defined by the many Latino shops that now dominate the main thoroughfare, Lewis Street. \n \n “They had him like a deer, hunting him,” said Maria Paniagua, 41, a resident with six children. “What happens when one of my kids gets in a jam and runs. Will they shoot him down?” \n \n Photo \n \n Though Latino workers have been here since at least the 1960s, attracted by jobs gathering fruit and asparagus in the region’s vast fields, few have moved into law enforcement or city government. Of the city’s 68 officers, 14 are Hispanic. A dozen officers speak Spanish fluently, and some residents cite language barriers that complicate interactions with the police. The City Council has one Latino member. The five-member school board, which oversees a system that is 70 percent Latino, typically has one or two Latino members, but this year has none. \n \n “People are finally getting their feelings out through this whole Antonio issue,” said Alicia Coria, 18, a former neighbor of Mr. Zambrano-Montes’s who moderated a recent protest, guiding a sea of Latino residents through local streets, signs and fists held high. “The Hispanic community is finally trying to have the power.” \n \n All three officers involved in last week’s shooting have been placed on paid leave. One of them, Adrian Alaniz, a Pasco native, is Hispanic. \n \n The shooting has caused soul-searching among some city officials, who, even as they urge the residents to wait for the results of an investigation, say the protests have uncovered anger bubbling below the surface. \n \n “This was about more than just Antonio,” said City Manager Dave Zabell, who took over the job last August. “It’s part of a community emerging,” he continued, “and frankly, it’s welcomed.” \n \n Mr. Zambrano-Montes was raised in Michoacán, Mexico. He came to the United States about a decade ago to work in the orchards, said family members, who described him as both caring — guiding newly arrived relatives — and troubled. His wife obtained a protection order against him several years ago, they said, alleging that he had abused her. She, along with their two daughters, eventually moved to California. Mr. Zambrano-Montes was in the country illegally and did not speak English. \n \n Advertisement Continue reading the main story \n \n He was arrested for assaulting a police officer in January 2014. The police said he had thrown objects at officers and tried to grab an officer’s pistol. He pleaded guilty in June. \n \n In recent months he was out of work and appeared increasingly depressed and disoriented, his aunts and cousins said, after falling from a ladder in an apple orchard and breaking both his wrists. Then, in January, he was trapped in a house fire where he was renting a room, which burned his belongings. \n \n Video \n \n “What I know is that he was alone, that his wife had left him, that he couldn’t see his daughters,” said his cousin Pedro Farias, 32. “I don’t know what his reasons were” for throwing rocks at the police, “but I know all of this affected him.” \n \n There are some Hispanics who hold prominent positions in Pasco. Saul Martinez is a council member. Eight of 20 Pasco schools are headed by Latino principals. \n \n And the Police Department said that it had worked to recruit Hispanic officers in recent years, recognizing the need to reach the group. An Explorer program is one of several recruitment efforts. Intended to train residents ages 14 to 21 in police practices, it has 15 enrollees, all but two or three of whom are Hispanic, said Capt. Ken Roske. \n \n Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. View all New York Times newsletters. \n \n Still, despite deep roots here, Hispanics have struggled to break into the city’s highest echelons. Community leaders cite several reasons, including apathy, lack of English skills and education, and the fact that many Latinos are not citizens and cannot vote. \n \n “There are so many barriers, not only linguistic but psychological, that act like an obstacle,” said Gabriel Portugal, 61, a former vice principal who came to Pasco from Mexico in the 1970s. He is now part of a community group called Consejo Latino, which lobbies the municipality for changes that will help immigrants and their children. \n \n The video has been a near constant presence here in recent days, played repeatedly on television news in crowded taco shops and bakeries, each time drawing the gaze of those perched over plates of pupusas or pan dulce. Reyes Juarez, 54, said that she had slept little since viewing it, imagining her own son gunned down each time she shuts her eyes. \n \n “It’s like having the badge gives you the right to take the life of a Mexican,” she said. \n \n The killing of Mr. Zambrano-Montes has also drawn attention to past accusations of police misconduct. One officer involved in the shooting, Ryan Flanagan, was a defendant in a 2012 lawsuit in which he was accused of using excessive force in 2009 against Maria Davila-Marquez, then 30. \n \n According to the lawsuit, Ms. Davila-Marquez was walking to pick up her children from child care after work when Officer Flanagan stopped her, somehow confusing her with a teenage suspect. When she requested an interpreter, he refused, said her lawyer, Vito de la Cruz. Another officer arrived, he said, and Ms. Davila-Marquez’s hands were twisted behind her back and her face was shoved onto the hood of the hot car, causing burns. \n \n Advertisement Continue reading the main story \n \n The police chief exonerated both officers, saying their conduct was appropriate, Mr. De la Cruz said. The city settled the suit for $100,000. |||||\n\nEx Output:\nPolice in Pasco, Wash., are facing international scrutiny in the shooting of a Latino man who had been throwing rocks at officers. Video of the incident shows Antonio Zambrano-Montes fleeing from officers before being shot dead, and the event has prompted protests and reminders of Ferguson, the New York Times reports. Some 500 gathered on Saturday to protest the incident: \"What happened could have happened to any family, to my family,\" a woman tells the Times. A mostly white police force in the 56% Hispanic town has killed three people since July; just 14 of 68 officers are Hispanic. \"People are finally getting their feelings out through this whole Antonio issue,\" says a protest organizer. \"The Hispanic community is finally trying to have the power.\" The city's manager sees a \"community emerging … and frankly, it's welcomed.\" The three officers involved in the shooting, one of whom is Hispanic, are now on paid leave. But both locals and those abroad have been shocked by the video, which has faced criticism from Mexico's president. \"It’s like having the badge gives you the right to take the life of a Mexican,\" says one local woman. Relatives have filed a $25 million claim against the city, saying Zambrano-Montes was killed \"execution-style,\" CNN reports. Zambrano-Montes was born in Mexico and entered the US illegally as an orchard worker. He had a series of run-ins with the law and pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer in June. His family said he had recently suffered from emotional trouble, though his reasons for throwing rocks weren't clear.\n\n\nEx Input:\nA new interactive animation shows we are not alone, because Earth is surrounded by junk. \n \n “Space junk” or orbital debris is any manmade item orbiting Earth and no longer in use, according to NASA. The U.S. Space Surveillance Network tracks anything larger than 10 centimeters. There are currently more than 500,000 pieces of debris being tracked, 20,000 pieces range from the size of a softball up to the size of a bus and moving at speeds up to 17,500 mph. \n \n The visualization starts at the beginning of the Space Race in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1. Each mission thereafter created more space debris. Less than 5 years later when the first manned spacecraft launched in 1961 there were already 200 objects in orbit. \n \n Dr Stuart Grey, UCL A graphic shows the current amount of space debris orbiting Earth. A graphic shows the current amount of space debris orbiting Earth. (Dr Stuart Grey, UCL) (Dr Stuart Grey, UCL) \n \n In 2007, a Chinese missile test created more than 2000 pieces of debris and in 2009 two satellites collided and created another 2000 items of debris. Today more than 20,000 pieces of debris orbit the Earth. \n \n Dr. Stuart Grey at University College London, Space Geodesy and Navigation Laboratory created the interactive graphic using data from space-track.org. According to their website space-track.org promotes spaceflight safety and the peaceful use of space. \n \n The space debris visualization is featured in the London-based Royal Institution’s 2015 advent calendar. Each day displays a new space-themed item ranging from a video about astronaut dreams to experiments in zero gravity. \n \n Even the smallest piece of debris can be disastrous for satellites and spacecrafts. NASA protocol is that action must be taken when debris comes within a 30 miles by 30 miles field of the spacecraft. When a debris field is determined in advance the space station can be maneuvered to avoid the collision, but if quick action is needed the crew will move to the Soyuz spacecraft. \n \n The Department of Defence's Joint Space Operations Center is responsible for tracking NASA's spacecrafts and notifying NASA when a close approach with space debris is likely. \n \n In July, the space station crew were forced to stay inside the Soyuz capsule for about an hour as an old Russian weather satellite quickly approached and missed the station. \n \n If space debris orbits low enough to re-enters the Earth's atmosphere they rarely cause any harm. Californians were recently treated to a light show when a Russian SL-4 rocket body re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and burned up. \n \n More than 100 items of known space debris have fallen from orbit this year, Capt. Nicholas Mercurio, a spokesman for the Joint Functional Component Command for Space told the Los Angeles Times. \n \n Watch the video above to see the quick version of the graphic, visit rigb.org/docs/debris/ to see the full demonstration. \n \n Want more space? Follow me @emspeck and like the Go For Launch Facebook page. ||||| Published on Dec 20, 2015 \n \n Almost 20,000 pieces of space debris are currently orbiting the Earth. This visualisation, created by Dr Stuart Grey, lecturer at University College London and part of the Space Geodesy and Navigation Laboratory, shows how the amount of space debris increased from 1957 to 2015, using data on the precise location of each piece of junk ( from https://www.space-track.org ). \n \n \n \n To see the full story, visit the Royal Institution advent calendar at: http://rigb.org/christmas-lectures/ho... \n \n \n \n Find out more at http://www.stugrey.com or http://www.twitter.com/stugrey ||||| Stuart Grey, UCL \n \n When you look into the night sky to marvel at the stars and ponder the vast, unknown chasm that is our universe, you may not spare a thought for what else is up there. Not UFOs, of course -- space debris. \n \n Yes -- there are currently around 20,000 fragments of space junk orbiting the Earth. Pieces of old satellites, used rocket stages and fragments from collision, erosion and disintegration -- they're all floating up there. \n \n Closer to Earth, below 2000km, there are around 300,000 pieces, made up of rocket motors, paint flakes, frozen coolant and more. \n \n Now, Stuart Grey, a lecturer at University College London, has created a video to show how this junk has accumulated. Starting in 1957, when Sputnik first flew, the video shows how collisions and increased space traffic have caused a rapid increase in space debris. \n \n These loose items don't just look messy, however. Travelling around the Earth at around 17,000mph, they pose serious risk to astronauts and satellites also in orbit. Most unmanned orbits are protected by shields, preventing major damage, but low-mass impacts can cause serious damage by crafts powered by solar panels. \n \n You may not be safe down on land, either -- according to Nasa, around one piece of debris has fallen to Earth everyday for the last fifty years. ||||| If you somehow had a way to rocket into space prior to October 4, 1957, and look back on the Earth, you would have seen that it was a planet with nothing but the vastness of space surrounding it (well, and whatever magic capsule you were in). Fast forward to today, and that look back at our planet is very different. Since the Russian satellite Sputnik launched on that October day 58 years ago, we've sent thousands of other objects into orbit around our planet, resulting in an ever-growing storm of space junk surrounding Earth. \n \n A recent YouTube video from Stuart Grey, a lecturer at University College London, shows, in one striking minute, just how dramatically we've littered the space around Earth over the last six decades. Grey used data from Space-Track.org, a group that monitors space debris, to build his model. \n \n According to NASA's Orbital Debris Program, there are currently over 21,000 pieces of space junk that are larger than 10 cm (about 3.9 inches) circling our planet. In the 1-10 cm (about .4-4 inches) in diameter range, there are about 500,000 pieces, while debris measuring less than 1 cm exceeds 100 million. And if you think those tiny particles are nothing to worry about, think again. The particles can travel at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour (about 28,163 kilometers per hour), making them quite hazardous. \n \n \"Even tiny paint flecks can damage a spacecraft when traveling at these velocities,\" says NASA. \"In fact a number of space shuttle windows have been replaced because of damage caused by material that was analyzed and shown to be paint flecks.\" \n \n Space junk is getting to be so prevalent that crew members aboard the International Space Station had to seek emergency shelter in the space outpost's Soyuz capsule in July as a chunk of space debris thought to be the remains of an old Russian satellite came speeding at them at about 35,000 miles per hour (about 56,327 kilometers per hour). \n \n Several means of cleaning up space debris have been suggested -- including a Pac-Man-like satellite, nets and lasers -- although none have been put into place as of yet. ||||| × Forgot Username \n \n Please enter your email address so that we can look up your account. \n \n We will send an email with your username to the email address on file. \n \n \n \n If your account was created recently, then your username is your email address. |||||\n\nEx Output:\nMore than 500,000 known objects are orbiting planet Earth, and around 20,000 of them are at least as big as a softball, reports NASA. Now a University College London professor has used data from space-track.org to create a video to help us visualize how quickly that space junk has accumulated thanks to space traffic and collisions, reports Wired UK. NASA notes that there have been few disastrous collisions, but it points to two recent ones—a Chinese missile test in 2007 and the collision of two satellites in 2009—that threw 5,000 items of debris into orbit. In his video, lecturer Stuart Grey first takes us back to 1957, with the launch of Sputnik 1 and the space race, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The few minor objects multiply rapidly, and he has to pan out to view the entire array. NASA says it works with the Department of Defense to maintain a \"highly accurate satellite catalog on objects in Earth orbit that are larger than a softball,\" and Houston and Moscow mission controls work together to help avoid debris \"encounters.\" So far, no practical way of cleaning up the junk has emerged, notes CNET. Meanwhile, about one piece of debris has fallen to Earth every day for the past 50 years. (Here are five weird examples of space junk returning to our planet's surface.)\n\n\nEx Input:\nThe iPhone 4S \n \n This is the easiest product review I’ve ever written. The iPhone 4S is exactly what Apple says it is: just like the iPhone 4, but noticeably faster, with a significantly improved camera, and an impressive new voice-driven feature called Siri. \n \n Siri \n \n Siri feels like old-school Apple. Newton-esque, at least in spirit. Sculley-era Apple was obsessed with this sort of thing — natural language processing, the computer as “digital assistant”. New models of human-computer interaction. AI that works naturally. Even the startups from former Apple employees of that era worked on this sort of thing — remember General Magic? \n \n It’s also sort of the antithesis of everything prior in iOS. iOS is explicit and visual. Everything you can do in iOS is something you can see and touch on screen. The limits are visible and obvious. Siri, on the other hand, feels limitless. It’s fuzzy, and fuzzy on purpose. There’s no way to tell what will work and what won’t. You must explore. I found it extremely fun to explore Siri — primarily because so many of the things I tried actually worked. It’s a completely different interface for interacting with your iPhone. You’re not driving or commanding the existing iPhone interface with commands. There is no syntax to memorize. You’re just, well, talking to your iPhone. \n \n I tried the same things Scott Forstall demoed on stage. They all worked, as promised. On a whim, I asked Siri, with no other context, “When is my next haircut?” Siri answered with my appointment scheduled for later this month. I asked, “When was my last haircut?”, and it found that appointment from a month ago. I told Siri, “Play something by the Rolling Stones” and it played a random Stones song (“Gimme Shelter”, from Let It Bleed). I interrupted and said, “Play ‘Some Girls” by the Rolling Stones”, and Siri played just that song. \n \n I was out running errands today, walking through the city. I remembered, a mile away from home, that a screw had fallen out of my wife’s favorite eyeglasses over the weekend, and that she was waiting for me to fix them. Walking down a city street, I said, “Remind me to fix Amy’s glasses when I get home.”1 Half an hour later, within a few doors of our house, the reminder went off. \n \n Me: “Set an alarm for 9 AM.” \n \n Siri: “It’s set for 9 AM.” \n \n Me: “Change that to 10 AM.” \n \n Siri: “I changed your alarm to 10 AM tomorrow.” \n \n Me: “Cancel that alarm.” \n \n Siri: “I deleted your 10 AM alarm.” \n \n Me: “Thank you, Siri.” \n \n Siri: “Your wish is my command.” \n \n In a sense, Siri is like a second interface to iOS. The first interface is the app interface. Launch, tap, drag, slide. The Siri interface is a different world. As stated above, this new interface is in many ways the opposite of the regular one — open-ended and implicit instead of narrowly defined and explicit. I don’t mean to imply that Siri doesn’t fit in or feel right at home — it does. But Siri is indicative of an AI-focused ambition that Apple hasn’t shown since before Steve Jobs returned to the company. Prior to Siri, iOS struck me as being designed to make it easy for us to do things. Siri is designed to do things for us. \n \n But there are parallels between Siri and the regular iPhone interface, too. The original iPhone launched in 2007 with a limited feature set and no third-party apps. 2011’s Siri is largely based on the same feature set: messages, email, phone calls, calendars, alarms, web search. But with the original iPhone, it was always obvious how Apple could allow third-party developers into the party: by allowing third-party apps. Apps are a nice clean, obvious concept. The iOS interface is fundamentally only two levels deep: the first level is the home screen, listing all available apps. The second level is when you tap an app to use it. Hit the home button to go back to the home screen. That’s it. File system sandboxing and background processing restrictions make it easy to keep apps from interfering with each other or with the system as a whole. \n \n People are going to start clamoring for third-party Siri integration as soon as they see Siri in action. But I’m not sure what form that integration could take. Best I can think is that apps could hook up to (as yet utterly hypothetical) Siri APIs much in the same way that Mac apps can supply system-wide Services menu items. But how would they keep from stomping on one another? If Siri supported third-party apps and you said, “Schedule lunch tomorrow at noon,” what would Siri do if you have multiple Siri-enabled calendar apps installed? This is similar to the dilemma Mac OS X faces when you open a document with a file extension that multiple installed apps register support for. \n \n Perhaps Siri is too centralized to allow for third-party integration? Where by third-party integration, I mean “any app in the App Store” integration. Siri does support two third-party services right now: Yelp and Wolfram Alpha. But it was Apple that added those two, and Apple that determines when to use them. They’re data services, not software.2 With the regular iOS interface, the central hub is very thin: a home screen of app icons. It wasn’t necessarily obvious from the get-go that Apple would allow third-party apps, but it was obvious how they could: just add those new icons to the home screen. It’s not so obvious how you could add new commands to Siri without potentially stomping on existing ones. \n \n Here’s an example. Wolfram Alpha has terrific stock-price information and comparison features. I link to them frequently for stock info from Daring Fireball. So I tried asking Siri, “What was Apple’s stock price 10 years ago?” But once Siri groks that you’re asking about a stock price, it queries the built-in Stocks app for data, and the Stocks app doesn’t have historical data that goes back that far. “What did Apple’s stock price close at today?” works, but asking for historical data does not. But Wolfram Alpha has that data. And in fact, you can get it through Siri, by asking something like “Search Wolfram Alpha for Apple’s stock price ten years ago.” But there’s no way to tell Siri to prefer Wolfram Alpha for stock market information by default. \n \n Even if Siri is never opened up to App Store apps, though, there’s clearly a sense when you use it that Apple is only just getting started with this. \n \n The best sign I can think of regarding Siri’s practical utility: after a week of using this test iPhone 4S, yesterday, while using my regular iPhone 4, without thinking I held down the home button to create a new reminder for myself, and when the old Voice Control interface appeared, my mind went blank for a few seconds while I pondered what went wrong. I missed Siri already. \n \n I wouldn’t say I can’t live without Siri. But I can say that I don’t want to. \n \n Speech-to-Text \n \n Alongside Siri, the digital assistant, is the straight-up speech-to-text dictation feature now available system-wide. This was my favorite feature of Android when I tested a Nexus S early this year. It’s now one of my favorite features of the iPhone 4S. I composed numerous tweets, text messages, and email replies this week using it. It’s not flawless but it is excellent. It works just as well while walking on a city street as it does while I’m sitting alone in my office. It even worked remarkably well in a crowded, busy bar. \n \n Worth noting that you can say punctuation, like “comma”, “period”, and “question mark”. So if you say, “Try saying quote open the pod bay doors unquote”, Siri should properly interpret that as: \n \n Try saying “open the pod bay doors” \n \n Why Is Siri Limited to the iPhone 4S? \n \n The cynical answer, of course, would be that Apple is withholding it from other iOS devices in order to spur additional upgrades to the iPhone 4S. \n \n A non-cynical answer would be that Siri depends on certain hardware in the iPhone 4S that doesn’t exist on any other iOS device. But what, exactly? The iPad 2 has the same CPU (A5) and same amount of RAM (512 MB), but no Siri, no text dictation. No one at Apple has an answer for this other than to say that Siri was developed alongside and specifically for just one device: the iPhone 4S. And as good as Siri is, I get the impression that Apple is far from satisfied with where it stands today. The Newton was killed by that “egg freckles” stuff — it never recovered from the public perception that its handwriting recognition wasn’t good enough. If Siri is any less accurate on older iOS devices than it is on the 4S, Apple isn’t going to allow it. \n \n Don’t forget that there’s a server/cloud-based backend that is required for Siri to function. I can’t help but suspect there’s some truth to this tweet from Mark Crump, speculating that Apple might be limiting Siri to the 4S simply to restrict the server load while the service is “beta”. There could be 100 million iOS 5 users by the end of this weekend; there will only be 1 or 2 million iPhone 4S users. \n \n Camera \n \n The most-hated sight in all of Mac OS X: the rainbow “wait” cursor, a.k.a. the spinning pizza of death. Waiting sucks. \n \n iOS doesn’t have any cursors, let alone the spinning pizza, but it does have an equivalent: the closed iris splash screen of the Camera app. You want to snap a picture, but instead, you see the iris, and… you wait. \n \n The most profound difference between the 4S and 4 cameras has nothing to do with image quality. It’s that you don’t have to wait nearly as long. That closed iris comes up for a moment and then it’s gone, and you’re ready to shoot. And after you shoot, the camera is ready to snap additional photos almost instantly. The difference is huge, and it’s especially nice in conjunction with iOS 5’s new lock screen shortcut to jump right into the Camera app. \n \n I spoke to some friends familiar with the development of iOS 5 and the 4S, and word on the Cupertino street is that camera speed — time from launch to being able to snap a photo, as well as the time between subsequent photos — received an enormous amount of engineering attention during development. The stopwatches were out, and every single tenth of a second that could be shaved was shaved. \n \n Image quality is improved, too, as promised. White balance and exposure choices look more accurate (or at least more pleasing) to my eyes, it performs noticeably better in low light, and dynamic range has been improved significantly. Here’s a small photoset I put on Flickr, showing the same scenes photographed with three different cameras: my old iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S, and my trusty Ricoh GR-D — a dedicated point-and-shoot camera I bought for $800 four years ago. \n \n The photos were not edited, retouched, etc. I simply imported them into iPhoto and then uploaded them to Flickr. You can quibble with the exposure settings, but I snapped the photos naturally — I framed the image, tapped to choose a focus/exposure point, and snapped. (With the Ricoh, I focused first, then recomposed.) \n \n The photos from the 4S look better than those from the 4. They don’t look as good as those from the Ricoh, but over the last year, I found myself carrying the Ricoh less and less, because the iPhone 4 was good enough — and already in my pocket. Now, I wonder if the Ricoh is going to start collecting dust. \n \n Sprint \n \n I asked for and received a Sprint model from Apple for testing, so that I could compare it against AT&T and Verizon. Sprint service was decent in both downtown San Francisco and at home in Philadelphia. Network benchmarks (using the Speedtest.net iPhone app) showed very similar results to those I’d gotten with the Verizon iPhone 4 earlier this year. \n \n My tests were certainly far from extensive, but from what I’ve seen, Sprint’s service is very much comparable to Verizon’s. Compared to AT&T, Sprint and Verizon are better for voice (both in terms of audio quality and call-dropping), but worse for data (slower, often much slower). \n \n Because I use 3G for data far more than I do for voice calls, I’m sticking with AT&T for at least another year. At whatever point in the future the iPhone adds support for LTE networking, I will definitely reconsider this decision, and likely switch. (Look at this comparison of the service plans available from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. Sprint’s is far simpler — the only difference between tiers is the number of monthly voice minutes. Text messages and data are unlimited on all Sprint plans.) If you live or work in an area with excellent Sprint coverage, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend a Sprint iPhone. \n \n Overall Snappiness \n \n Apps launch quicker, scrolling is smoother, web pages render faster. If you used both an original iPad and and iPad 2, it’s a lot like that. If anything, the jump from iPad to iPad 2 was a little more of an improvement, though, because the iPad 2 went from 256 MB of RAM to 512. The iPhone 4 and 4S both have 512 MB of RAM. \n \n Bottom Line \n \n The iPhone 4 was my favorite product that Apple has ever made. The iPhone 4S has all the best features of the iPhone 4 — same look, same feel, same Retina Display — and adds several significant improvements. The one and only disappointment I have with the iPhone 4S is that the shutdown spinner animation is still low-res. That’s pretty low on the list of nits to pick. ||||| Facing increasing competition from smart phone competitors, Apple has released the iPhone 4S. After testing the phone, WSJ's Walt Mossberg finds a lot to like about it but says owners of the iPhone 4 may not need to upgrade. \n \n Sometimes, as we all know, looks can be deceiving. While Apple's latest iPhone doesn't look different, and may not be the kind of blockbuster people expect from the late Steve Jobs's company, it thinks different, to quote one of Apple's old ad slogans. Inside its familiar-looking body there lurks a nascent artificial-intelligence system that has to be tried to be believed. \n \n Enlarge Image Close Apple IPhone 4S's 8-megapixel camera takes the best photos seen on a phone. \n \n Apple's fifth-generation iPhone, the $199 iPhone 4S, goes on sale Friday with a new operating system and a new cloud-synchronization service called iCloud. But, while its insides have been significantly improved, the phone's exterior design is identical to that of last year's iPhone 4, which Apple says is the best-selling smartphone in the world. \n \n I've been testing the 4S for about a week to see how it differs from the previous model. I also evaluated the key features added by the new operating system, called iOS 5, including a new, free text-messaging service; deep integration with Twitter; and the ability to edit photos right on the phone. This new software will be available as a free upgrade for owners of the iPhone 4 and the 2009-vintage iPhone 3GS, as well as for Apple's iPad tablet and its iPod Touch. \n \n Enlarge Image Close Apple's Siri system can answer spoken restaurant requests. \n \n I focused on the handful of new features unique to the 4S, notably the new voice-controlled artificial-intelligence system called Siri; a brilliant new camera for stills and videos; and faster, 4G-class download speeds. The iPhone is now available from Sprint, AT&T and Verizon, but I tested the AT&T version, because it is the only one which offers the faster download speeds. \n \n The standout feature, not available in other iPhones, or in any other phone I've seen, is Siri. It answers questions and provides information using natural language and an intelligent understanding, not just of words, but of context and colloquial phrasing. It isn't perfect, and is labeled a beta, but it has great potential and worked pretty well for me, despite some glitches. \n \n While many of the new features in the iPhone 4S had to do with hardware tweaks, the main feature of the phone could well be \"personal assistant\" Siri, AllThingsD's Ina Fried says. She joins Digits to tell us how it works. \n \n Despite Siri, the iPhone 4S isn't a dramatic game-changer like some previous iPhones. Some new features are catch-ups to competitors. I sense Apple chose to focus more on software and cloud service than on hardware. But, in my tests, the iPhone 4S performed very well. It's a better iPhone for the same $199 entry price, at a time when some competitors are pricing their flagship smartphones starting at $299. \n \n Apple received over one million pre-order sales in a single day for the new iPhone 4S, besting the previous record of 600,000 set by the iPhone 4. Dan Gallagher has details on investor reaction to the news. \n \n While some analysts and commentators were disappointed the new iPhone didn't offer an external redesign, consumers so far don't seem to care. Apple announced Monday that pre-orders for the iPhone 4S hit one million in the first 24 hours, a record that was 67% higher than the previous single-day high set by the iPhone 4 last year. \n \n My advice is that owners of the iPhone 4 needn't rush to upgrade; they can get the new operating system. But owners of older iPhone models, or those with basic phones, will find this latest iPhone a pleasure and a good value. \n \n Artificial Intelligence \n \n Some other phones, including earlier iPhones, have rudimentary voice recognition, for limited terms and responses. But Siri does much more. It offers too much to fully describe here, but it isn't a simple voice-command system. It understands a wide variety of ways to ask a question, grasps the context, and returns useful information in a friendly way, either audibly or by displaying results on the screen. It learns your voice as it goes along. \n \n It starts up when you either hold down the home button—even from the phone's lock screen—or when you place the phone up to your ear when you're not making a phone call. \n \n Siri can find information in Wikipedia, Yelp and Wolfram Alpha. It successfully answered when I asked it, \"Who's the president of Iran?\" (though it misunderstood me the first time) and \"Who stars in 'Boardwalk Empire?' \" When I asked for a \"French restaurant in Bethesda, Maryland,\" it instantly returned a list from Yelp, ranked by user reviews. \n \n In my tests, I was able to dictate emails and text messages, even in the car over Bluetooth, without looking at the screen. Accuracy wasn't perfect—about 20% of the time I had to try twice to get all the words correct. But, in most cases, Siri didn't make more errors than I do typing on a virtual keyboard. \n \n Siri can read incoming text messages and let you reply via voice. If the message is about a date, Siri will even consult your calendar and tell you if you're busy at that time, and then remember to return to the message reply. \n \n The system understands multiple, colloquial forms of a question. I asked, \"Will the weather get worse today?\" and Siri answered, \"I don't think the weather is going to get worse\" and displayed a weather chart. You can check stock prices, addresses, map directions and much more. It also answers in a friendly fashion, saying things like \"Coming right up\" or \"I'm not sure what you said, Walt.\" And it has some cute answers built in. When I asked it \"What's the best phone?\" it said, \"Wait… there are other phones?\" \n \n Siri has limitations, in addition to imperfect accuracy. It can't read the contents of email. It can't provide flight information or movie times. But Apple says it intends to link Siri to more databases over time. Also, Siri can reveal private data you'd rather it didn't unless you adjust your passcode permissions. \n \n Hardware \n \n The iPhone 4S now comes with the same, dual-core processor found in the iPad 2. I didn't notice a dramatic speed gain, but the phone operated rapidly and surely, with smooth scrolling and swiping. \n \n Stacey Delo talks to Walt Mossberg on The News Hub about his first impressions of Apple's new iPhone 4S and why although it looks similar to its predecessor, its a very different story under the hood. \n \n There is now an 8-megapixel rear camera, with a greatly improved sensor, a new five-element lens and a wider aperture. Other phones boast 8-megapixel cameras, but the 4S takes the best pictures and high-definition videos I have seen on a phone. The colors were gorgeous, everything was sharp and the camera can detect up to 10 faces. Plus, it's fast, both in taking the first shot and subsequent pictures. \n \n Also, Apple finally has matched some competitors by allowing you to quickly get to the camera, even when the phone is locked, by just pressing the home button twice; and by letting you use the volume button to snap the picture. (These features are part of the free software and aren't unique to the 4S.) \n \n When combined with the new software feature that allows editing right on the phone, the iPhone 4S offers a camera experience I find unmatched on any other phone. \n \n Though the 4S isn't labeled as a 4G phone, and the Verizon and Sprint models can't use those carriers' 4G networks, the AT&T model, in my tests, achieved 4G speeds in areas where AT&T has deployed its 4G network. \n \n In numerous tests at three different locations in the Washington suburbs, I averaged download speeds of nearly 7 megabits per second—better than in prior tests on Sprint and T-Mobile 4G phones. By contrast, a colleague's tests of the Verizon version of the iPhone 4S yielded average download speeds of less than 1 mbps. \n \n All models of the iPhone 4S are \"world phones,\" meaning even the Verizon and Sprint versions, which use a technology rare outside the U.S., can switch to the global standard cellphone technology and be used in most other countries. \n \n Apple claims to have improved voice-call reception in the iPhone 4S, allowing the phone to switch between two antennas to pick up the best signal. But my AT&T model dropped too many calls, just as earlier AT&T iPhones do. My colleague's Verizon iPhone 4S dropped none. \n \n Enlarge Image Close But ask Siri about, say booking a flight from Dulles to San Francisco and Siri says 'sorry.' \n \n In my tests, voice quality was very good, even on conference calls and over Bluetooth in the car. Apple says the 4S has as good or better battery life than the prior model. While I didn't run a formal battery test, the phone lasted all day, every day, even when I was doing heavy testing and, thus, using it more than I typically would. \n \n Also, there is a 64-gigabyte model of the iPhone 4S, for $399. A 32 GB version is, as in the past, $299. \n \n Software \n \n Apple claims the new iOS 5 operating system has 200 new features. These include some catch-ups, like a pull-down panel that combines your notifications of alerts and reminders, and new messages, plus a stock ticker and weather info. Also, like some other phones, the new system will allow you to swipe on an alert and go to the content, even if the phone is locked. \n \n You can Tweet from within many apps, like photos, maps and the Web browser. The new, free, texting system, called iMessage—similar to BlackBerry Messenger service—lets you text to anyone with an iOS5 device, and automatically detects if they have one. \n \n A new Reminders app seems like any other task list, but, on the iPhone 4 and 4S, it allows you to use location instead of time to trigger a reminder. For instance, you can tell it to remind you to call your spouse when you leave work. If it knows your work address, it will trigger the reminder when it detects you've left. \n \n Perhaps the nicest feature is on-phone photo editing, which allows you to crop, and auto-enhance any photo. In my tests, it worked great. \n \n Bottom line \n \n The iPhone 4S is one of Apple's less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users. Some may be content to skip the new hardware and just enjoy the software and cloud features with older models. But those buying the phone will likely be happy with it. \n \n —Find Walt Mossberg's columns and videos at walt.allthingsd.com. Email mossberg@wsj.com. |||||\n\nEx Output:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The iPhone 4S looks exactly like its best-selling predecessor, but it has had a major internal revamp. The big news is that the fifth-generation smartphone \"thinks different,\" thanks to its voice-controlled artificial-intelligence system called Siri. Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg decides Siri is impressive but has \"imperfect accuracy\"—it can't read the contents of email or give you movie times. Still, it has potential. It just isn't enough to make the iPhone 4S a game-changer. Others, however, disagree: Writing for the New York Times, David Pogue praises the \"crazy good, transformative, category-redefining speech recognition.\" He loves Siri's voice (\"uncomplaining,\" \"calm female\"), the ease in which you can use it (\"you don’t even have to hold the phone up to your head\"), and its smarts (when he tried to make a Thursday afternoon appointment, Siri reminded him he already had an all-day meeting scheduled). While he agrees it's not perfect, \"Siri saves time, fumbling, and distraction, and profoundly changes the definition of 'phone.'\" In the Washington Post, Joshua Topolsky heaps similar praise upon Siri, which he calls one of the \"most meaningful updates\" to grace the iPhone. And while he, too, notes that it doesn't work all the time, his assessment is that \"the crazy thing about Siri is that it works ... better than you’d expect. It understands and responds to you in a way that’s so natural it can sometimes be unsettling.\" In a very lengthy look at Siri on Daring Fireball, John Gruber heralds it as Apple's return to an \"AI-focused ambition.\" Before Siri, \"iOS struck me [as] being designed to make it easy for us to do things. Siri is designed to do things for us.\" After a week spent using it, could he live without it? Yes. \"But I can say that I don’t want to.\" (Cute sidenote, compliments of Mossberg: \"When I asked it 'What's the best phone?' it said, 'Wait… there are other phones?'\")\n\n\n", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Fire fighting is a serous matter, knowing what to do during a fire can save people's lives. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone else in the family, such as stairways and emergency exits, but not elevators. From the lower floors of building, escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way to get out from a window with the least chance of serious injury. The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the fingertips will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground. It is about twice the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way down than to stay in a burning building. Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked into the room. On the second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and trees can help you to have a soft landing. Question: The writer suggests that _ - breathing in smoke might be harmful - smoke will enter the room through an open window - fresh air can't reach the second floor window - to keep you head low will help you to escape a fire\nAnswer: smoke will enter the room through an open window\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The summer has seen a series of marine disputes involving China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines. This week there were more anti-Japanese riots in cities across China because of a dispute over a group of uninhabited islands known to the Japanese as the Senkakus and to the Chinese as the Diaoyu Islands. One Chinese newspaper has helpfully suggested skipping the pointless diplomacy and moving straight to the main course by serving up Japan with an atom bomb. The government in Beijing is trying to play down the dispute, aware of the economic interests in keeping the peace. China is re-emerging after what it sees as 150 years of humiliation, surrounded by anxious neighbours, many of them allied to America. In that context, disputes about _ could become very significant. Whatever the legality of Japan's claim to the islands, its roots lie in empire-building. China's leaders now face sharp criticism if they do not fight their country's corner. A recent poll suggested that over half of China's citizens thought the next few years would see a \"military dispute\" with Japan. The islands matter, therefore, less because of fishing, oil or gas than as counters in the high-stakes game for Asia's future. Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines fear that if they give in, China will sense weakness and prepare the next demand. China fears that if it fails to press its case, America and others will conclude that they are free to scheme against it. Asia's inability to deal with the islands raises doubts about how it would cope with a genuine crisis, on the Korean peninsula, say, or across the Strait of Taiwan. And the tendency for the slightest quarrel to turn into a full-blown conflict presents problems for America, which both aims to reassure China that it welcomes its rise, and also uses the threat of military force to guarantee that the Pacific is worthy of the name. Question: The most important reason for the dispute about the Diaoyu Islands is that _ . - the scenery there is so beautiful - the natural resources are so rich - fish are abundant in the waters - they greatly affect Asia's future\nAnswer: they greatly affect Asia's future\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hamsters are lovely small animals which are similar to mice, and some people like to keep them as pets. They need to eat a balanced diet, or they can become very sick. That's why hamsters should be fed healthy foods. Most pet stores sell hamster mix. This is a combination of foods that are just right for hamsters. Some hamsters are picky eaters. They don't eat anything they don't like, so you have to find a hamster mix that your hamster will like. Most hamsters only eat a few tablespoons a day. You should feed them at the same time every day, or you can just keep your hamster's bowl full. Remember to clean the bowl at least once a week. Hamsters also drink a lot of water, so be sure to keep the water supply full and fresh. Just like people, hamsters like treats. Besides the hamster mix, you can sometimes feed your hamster seeds, nuts, and some other people food. You should never feed your hamster anything unless you are sure that it is safe for hamsters. Feed your hamster carefully, and always take good care of your pet! Question: What's the passage mainly about? - Where to keep hamsters. - When to buy hamsters. - What to feed hamsters. - Why to raise hamsters.\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "What to feed hamsters.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: No matter where you travel in Asia, you'll find yourself faced with a new culture, amazing food and special and friendly people. Here are some of these wonderful cities. Beijing, China Beijing serves as the capital of China. The city is old. In fact, almost all buildings have some cultural or historical significance --no matter how small they are. Throughout the city you can find temples, palaces, and works of art that can make you breathless. Siem Reap, Cambodia The wonderful town of Siem Reap is actually a good place to visit, though most people regard it only as a base point for further trips to Angkor and other nearby attractions. Visitors will be amazed by the beautiful temples and artworks that still exist today. Kathmandu, Nepal Located in the heart of the Himalayas, Kathmandu, the largest city and the capital of Nepal, is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in existence today. It is well-known for its beautiful views of the Himalayas. The shopping districts are world-famous and the hotels in Kathmandu are among the best in the world. Kyoto, Japan The city of Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868. No longer the capital, it is known as the seventh largest city in Japan instead. Kyoto was destroyed many times throughout history by fires and wars. Now the city is home to more than 1.4 million people and presents a modern look to the world. Question: If you want to see old buildings and artworks, you can go to _ . - Beijing and Kathmandu - Siem Reap and Kyoto - Kathmandu and Kyoto - Beijing and Siem Reap\nAnswer: Beijing and Siem Reap\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: For 40 years, the people of London have been happy to discover in their parks a bird that seems to have made its way from the Himalayas to the capital of England. With its shocking green body, red mouth, long tail and noisy screech , the rose-ringed parakeet brought a vivid colour to parks in and around London. However, the parakeets are no longer welcome. The government has suddenly woken up to the fact that there are many more parakeets in and around London making life harder for the local bird population. Government experts put the number of parakeets at around 30,000. They fear that if the number of parakeets keeps rising, these birds will push out local birds like wood-peckers, starlings and nuthatches from trees to build their own nests. Not only that. According to an online report by The Independent, the parakeets will then also get control of most of the food available in the parks -- seeds, berries, fruit and nuts. The local bird population will then have a hard time staying alive. An organization called the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has asked the government to investigate what kind of a threat the parakeet brings to local birds. If the government decides that these birds are indeed a threat to local birds, steps will be taken to control the number of parakeets. The most surprising thing about the case of the rose-ringed parakeet is that no one quite knows how the parakeets came from India and started breeding in areas around London. Question: According to an online report by The Independent, _ . - the parakeets' future threat is impossible - the number of the parakeets is around 3,000 - the parakeets should fly back to the Himalayas - the local birds won't have enough food\nAnswer: the local birds won't have enough food\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The UK's \"hidden\" debt mountain stands at an estimated PS5bn, according to a new research today which reveals that as many as one in three consumers are keeping the full scale of their financial problems from their family.The research, for the Post Office, shows that while the average personal debt in the UK is PS9,731.51, people only admit to owing half this when talking to a partner or member of their family. The new report exposes the serious emotional and physical consequences of covering up that debt, ranging from problems at work, sleepless nights and anxiety, to alcohol abuse.A recent report from the Commons public accounts committee said that in the UK, one person in 10 is struggling to manage their debts, while the total of all personal debt is some PS1,500bn.It warned that a government strategy to help consumers struggling with record levels of debt was \"seriously deficient\" because of poor management and a lack of leadership.The research was commissioned by the Post Office and carried out online by One Poll, which surveyed 2,258 UK consumers. Doug Strachan, director of financial services at the Post Office, said, \" The recession has put a massive strain on many families and people may be, for the first time, experiencing levels of debt that they cannot control.The most important thing to remember is that if you do need to borrow money, make sure you are responsible about it and set out a clear repayment plan.Managing the debt effectively can mean there is no need to experience the terrible emotional and physical symptoms hiding debt can result in.\" Donna Dawson, psychologist specializing in personality, behavior and relationships, said the knock-on effects were enormous, \" hiding the extent of debt from a partner or family member may give us a false sense of control or independence, but the reality is that our mental and physical health suffers--and once uncovered, the health of our loved ones suffers as well. The irony is that the very things we are trying to protect--our trustworthiness and our... Question: According to the new research, we can learn that _ . - every family has serious financial problems - the UK's debt to other countries amounts to PS5bn - the UK's economy is in great trouble due to \"hidden\" debt - people hide the debt from their partners or families to some extent\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "people hide the debt from their partners or families to some extent", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In the next five years, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) jobs are projected to grow twice as quickly as jobs in all other fields according to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics. While all jobs are expected to grow by 10.4 percent, STEM jobs are expected to increase by 21.4 percent. By this measure, future STEM jobs represent a huge opportunity to today's students. But, in fact, of the 3.8 million ninth graders in the U.S., only 233,000 end up choosing a STEM degree in college, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This means only 6 percent of ninth graders will become STEM graduates. And of these graduates, women will be even more underrepresented in most STEM fields. These are alarming statistics. How do we get more young boys and girls to be interested in STEM-related fields? It isn't an easy task. Schools do not always adequately prepare students for these severe subjects, and college programs are designed to get rid of those who are less persistent. Nationally, only 41 percent of initial STEM majors who begin a degree in STEM-related fields complete their degree in less than six years. In addition, social pressures continue to cast a shadow over girls who might otherwise consider the STEM fields. A couple of years ago, I met amazing parents, both of whom had a background in engineering and hoped their 10-year-old daughter would follow in their footsteps. They encouraged her to take an after-school science / robotics program. When she got there, she found she was outnumbered 6:1 by boys in the class. As the only girl, she came home crying much of the time because she was teased and told that geeky girls are not welcome in the boys' club. Ironically, by the time young boys are entering college programs in STEM fields, many complain about the lack of girls. Starting at an early age, even as young as kindergarten, we need to encourage and help the next generation leaders to consider taking up science, computing, math and technology. We also need to realize that for young... A large number of STEM students stop their studies when _ . A) they get bored with the subjects B) they can't stick to their hard studies C) they feel they have learnt adequately D) they can easily find jobs in other fields\nB\n\n\n(Question)\nGood afternoon,and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today,I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws. The first one is about drinking. Now,you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age,nor may your friends buy it for you. Secondly,noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means,but please don't make unnecessary noise,particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet. Thirdly,crossing the road. Be careful!The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings and do not take any chances when crossing the road. My next point is about litter (throwing away waste material in a public place).It is an offence to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away,please put it in your pocket and take it home,or put it in a litter bin. Finally,as regards something,it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age. I'd like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance,you should _ your local police station,who will be pleased to help you. Now,are there any questions? Who do you think is most likely to make the speech? A) A policeman B) A worker at a hotel. C) A lawyer D) An air hostess .\n(Answer)\nA\n\n\nQues: During a recent phone interview with a mom who had just moved to Colorado, the conversation turned to disaster planning.\" I am standing here looking out of the window at the smoke from wildfires,\" she told me, \"and have absolutely no idea what we will do if the wind shifts our way.\" Fortunately, the fire was put out, saving her home. Making a disaster plan isn't something anyone does for fun. But being caught without one in a time of need is worse. Emergency management officials say too few families have a disaster plan ,even in areas that have been hit hard by hurricanes or flooding. I have prepared food, water, flashlights, candles, a battery-powered radio and firewood since our family was hit years ago by a hurricane that blocked off streets and knocked out our power for more than a week. Still we lack the medications, emergency contacts, and emergency-meeting and pet-care plans we should also have .Officials in my state of Oregon have warned us that one of us is really ready for the major disaster which is very likely to hit here---- a big earthquake. Working parents need to coordinate their disaster plans with their children's schools or child-care centers. Many parents in the 2003 New York blackout weren't able to get home to their children because public traffic was stopped and lights were out. After that, many parents made detailed plans with child-care providers about where to meet in emergencies, an whom to contact if unable to reach each other. Good emergency planning and training helped teachers at a child-care center in the World Trade Center successfully move children to a safe place during the 2001 terrorist attacks. Do you have an emergency plan for your home? If not, you know what to do. We can infer that the 2003 New York blackout _ . A) was not serious enough to attract parents' attention B) showed how careful the teachers had always been C) made parents realize the importance of having a disaster plan D) helped parents know the importance of teachers to their children\nAns: C\n\n\nThe U.S. government may issue stronger regulations about the use of tobacco. Many governments and private buildings have \"No Smoking\" regulations. In airplanes, on trains and at cinemas, Golf courses are seriously thinking of keeping out smokers, so are schools, shopping malls and even football fields. So where do people go to fill their lungs with nicotine? The government is working on it. One suggestion is that the government set aside a piece of land somewhere in the United States where smokers could go when they want a cigarette. Yellow Stone Park has been in the list, but many people don't agree because they fear that second-hand smoking would make the bears there sick. The Mojave Desert in California is also being studied, and so are Las Vegas Casinos . The smokers were not too nervous about the government idea. They say they are not going to California just to light up. They have a right to smoke at home. To make life more pleasure for those who find it hard to give up smoking, the government is seriously thinking of getting somewhere for the smokers. The tobacco companies are fighting the idea like mad. They say nobody has proved that cigarettes are bad for you. They say as a matter of fact, the doctors have proved that a cigarette saved a person's life after that person was shot. Other places under consideration are: the cold areas in Alaska, the Rocky Mountain in Colorado and the Whitewater River in Arkansas. Smokers in the U.S. _ to light a cigarette now. A) find nowhere B) are not so free C) have no rights D) have to travel a long way\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "instruction:\nIn this task, you're given an article and an answer. Your task is to generate the fill-in-the-blank question for this answer based on the given article. The blanks are always at the end of the question, and can be filled with more than one word or phrase.\nquestion:\nArticle: Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, the Five Friendlies will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace and blessings from China to children all over the world. Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, the Five Friendlies also embody the natural characteristics of four of China's most popular animals--the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow--and the Olympic Flame. Each of the Friendlies has a rhyming two-syllable name--a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow. When you put their names together--Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni--they say \"Welcome to Beijing,\" offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of the Five Friendlies as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games. The Five Friendlies also embody both the landscape and the dreams and aspirations of people from every part of the vast country of China. In their origins and their headpieces, you can see the five elements of nature--the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky--all stylistic rendered in ways that represent the deep traditional influences of Chinese folk art and ornamentation. \n Answer: blessing\nanswer:\nThe Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games carry the following messages EXCEPT _ .\n\n\nquestion:\nArticle: My husband and I were once in Nepal to see sunrise over the Himalayas. One morning we awoke to total darkness at 5 o'clock.As we rushed through a town with cameras in hand,I noticed the calm,gentle way the Nepalese people greeted the morning.One man boiled a huge pot of milk tea,and other villagers gathered around his fire,cupping their hands around small glasses of the steaming sweet mixture.It was fascinating,but not to be left behind,we joined the stream of tourists moving quickly up to the lookout point. The top was crowded when we arrived,but after 10 minutes of cold waiting,the assembled group gave up.\"The cloud cover is too heavy,\"one said.Then one by one they rushed down the hill to the next item on their sightseeing list.I was disappointed as well,but suddenly I noticed a small Nepalese boy absently playing with a stick and shooting quick glances at the clouds.He must know something we don't,I thought.I decided to wait with him. The boy and I didn't have to wait long.Moments later,a tiny stream of golden light burned through one thick cloud,then another.Rose-colored fog warmed the backs of the clouds,and suddenly the morning sun stole a glance around the side of the mountain,mile above where I'd expected it to be. Nothing I'd seen before prepared me for the moment the clouds withdrew with bowed heads,and the magnificent Himalayas were revealed before,around,and above me.I sat in astonishment,not breathing,not daring to look away,certain that God had placed me here at the backdoor of Earth to show me what Heaven really looks like.I certainly got the message.Never again will I rush a sunrise.I now know Nature will supply her fruits to me only when I am truly ready to receive them. \n Answer: she felt kind of having faith in him\nanswer:\nThe author decided to wait with the Nepalese boy because _ .\n\n\nquestion:\nArticle: Are you unsure of the future? Do you feel as if you have put in a lot of effort, yet you still haven't gotten anywhere? Are your relationships getting sour? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then you're in for some serious reflection.ks5u A negative perspective on life will definitely not do you any good.It will only stop you from achieving your goals, and will make you feel more and more unhappy.When you lack self-confidence, you tend to play safe and do just what is needed instead of exploring your full potentials .Your fears and self doubt are in fact the main _ that stop you from achieving success and keep you from living the life that you truly want.Understand this: the barrier to your happiness is your own insecurity and cowardly manner. How do you escape your self-bondage ? With the help of individuals who have gone through life's tragedies without being affected, such as Rebecca Richmond, a widely admired life coach, you can take hold of your life and transform yourself from being afraid into a person with a positive outlook who is ready to get hold of the bright future that awaits you.The most important thing that you need to realize is that you have the power to change your life.You can reach unimaginable heights if you only believe in your ability to do so.See the unlimited opportunities that are set before you.Take challenges as lessons that make you strong and mature. Do not let your painful past dictate the person that you would become.Open your eyes and see the beautiful person that you are.You deserve to live a better life -- one that is full of love, peace of mind, and prosperity. \n Answer: are short of the spirit of exploration\nanswer:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "When you lack self-confidence, you _ .\n\n\n", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Birdwatching is becoming more and more popular in many parts of the world. Birdwatchers enjoy looking for and listening to different kinds of birds.To watch birds, all you need is a pair of binoculars, a field guide and love for birds. If you are just starting birdwatching, buy one of the cheaper pairs of binoculars.You can choose better ones when your needs and skills grow.A field guide helps you leam about the birds' appearances, calls and habits before birdwatching. When you are ready, it's best to go to the wild with someone who is more experienced.You can join a birdwatching group to learn about some beginning skills.A local bird club is ideal. Start birdwatching in the morning, when birds are searching for food.Most of the time, you will hear bird calls from all around you, but will not see any birds easily.Look for movement in trees, and bring your binoculars to your eyes. The most important work for a birdwatcher is to identify the birds he/she sees.A bird's shape, size, colour and habits can help a birdwatcher identify it.When you identify a bird, don't forget to take notes about it on your notebook. To find more and different birds, you may wish to plan trips to birds' different living areas: forests, lakes, rivers, wetlands, etc. When watching the birds, you should always keep in mind: respect wildlife and protect its living areas. Question: We need _ to watch birds. - a pair of binoculars. - a field guide - love for birds - all the above.\n(Answer)\nall the above.\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each. Children in the US will leave their parents' home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their parents or telephone them.And they often go to visit their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs.Americans think it is important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Parents ask children to do some work around their house.And in many families, parents pay their children for doing some housework so that hey learn how to make money for their own use. Question: When children grow up, they leave their parents' home to _ . - get married - be free - find good jobs - study\n(Answer)\nfind good jobs\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: An Apple's Words I am an apple. You can find me growing in many places in the world. I am like my cousins, pears and bananas. I am more round than a pear, and bananas are longer than I. I am delicious , so people all over the world like to eat me. I cost very little money and I help make people healthy. There is a saying in English : . Don't you think I'm great? Question: The best title of the passage is _ - All kinds of fruits - Apples are delicious - An apple a day keeps the doctor away - Apples\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Apples", "role": "assistant" } ]